HP inkjet/LaserJet Pro/PageWide Pro privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP inkjet, LaserJet Pro and PageWide Pro. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-28721. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP inkjet, LaserJet Pro and PageWide Pro (version unknown) and classified as critical. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Certain HP Print Products are potentially vulnerable to Remote Code Execution.

The weakness was published 09/27/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at support.hp.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-28721 since 04/05/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/28/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/05/2022 🔍
09/27/2022 +175 days 🔍
09/27/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/28/2025 +974 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: support.hp.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2022-28721 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-28721
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209615

Entryinfo

Created: 09/27/2022 08:26
Updated: 05/28/2025 03:26
Changes: 09/27/2022 08:26 (34), 10/24/2022 12:11 (11), 05/28/2025 03:26 (15)
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