CVE-2022-28005

critical

Description

An issue was discovered in the 3CX Phone System Management Console prior to version 18 Update 3 FINAL. An unauthenticated attacker could abuse improperly secured access to arbitrary files on the server (via /Electron/download directory traversal in conjunction with a path component that uses backslash characters), leading to cleartext credential disclosure. Afterwards, the authenticated attacker is able to upload a file that overwrites a 3CX service binary, leading to Remote Code Execution as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows installations. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-48482.

References

https://www.3cx.com/blog/releases/v18-update-3-final/

https://www.3cx.com/blog/releases/v18-security-hotfix/

https://www.3cx.com/blog/change-log/phone-system-change-log/

https://medium.com/%40frycos/pwning-3cx-phone-management-backends-from-the-internet-d0096339dd88

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-05-06

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.06179