CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-23227
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
NUUO NVRmini2 Devices Missing Authentication Vulnerability — NUUO NVRmini2 Devices
NUUO NVRmini2 devices contain a missing authentication vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated attacker to upload an encrypted TAR archive, which can be abused to add arbitrary users.
- Added to KEV
- 2024-12-18
- Remediation due
- 2025-01-08
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.
- Notes
- https://nuuo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/NUUO-EOL-letter_NVRmini-2-and-NVRsolo-series.pdf ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23227
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2022-01-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-306
Description
NUUO NVRmini2 through 3.11 allows an unauthenticated attacker to upload an encrypted TAR archive, which can be abused to add arbitrary users because of the lack of handle_import_user.php authentication. When combined with another flaw (CVE-2011-5325), it is possible to overwrite arbitrary files under the web root and achieve code execution as root.
Affected configurations
• nuuo nvrmini2 firmware (<= 3.11.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality weakness
References
- https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/advisories/NUUO/nuuo_nvrmini_round2.mkd Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/16044 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29936569 Third Party Advisory
- https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/researcher-discloses-alleged-zero-day-vulnerabilities-in-nuuo-nvrmini2-recording-device Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/advisories/NUUO/nuuo_nvrmini_round2.mkd Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/16044 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29936569 Third Party Advisory
- https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/researcher-discloses-alleged-zero-day-vulnerabilities-in-nuuo-nvrmini2-recording-device Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-23227 US Government Resource