Vmware Workspace ONE Access/Identity Manager Template injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Vmware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager. This affects an unknown function of the component Template Handler. The manipulation results in injection. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2022-22954. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Vmware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager (version unknown). Affected is an unknown function of the component Template Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager contain a remote code execution vulnerability due to server-side template injection. A malicious actor with network access can trigger a server-side template injection that may result in remote code execution.

The weakness was shared 04/07/2022 as VMSA-2022-0011. The advisory is shared for download at vmware.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-22954. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 03/12/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1055.

The exploit is shared for download at twitter.com. It is declared as attacked. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. This issue was added on 04/14/2022 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 05/05/2022:

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6

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Class: Injection
CWE: CWE-74 / CWE-707 / CWE-20
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: VMSA-2022-0011
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-22954 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-22954
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-196644
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413

Entryinfo

Created: 04/07/2022 20:30
Updated: 03/12/2025 23:23
Changes: 04/07/2022 20:30 (37), 04/09/2022 08:38 (1), 04/13/2022 16:47 (3), 04/13/2022 16:50 (5), 04/25/2024 16:44 (28), 09/21/2024 22:51 (1), 03/12/2025 23:23 (19)
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Committer: mael
Cache ID: 216::103

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Discussion

 eagle769 (+0)
4 years ago
PoC available: https://github.com/sharlocksecurity/VMware-CVE-2022-22954
 VulDB Community Team4 years ago
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