CVE-2022-30355
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedOvalEdge 5.2.8.0 and earlier is affected by an Account Takeover vulnerability via a POST request to /profile/updateProfile via the userId and email parameters. Authentication is required.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceOvalEdge versions 5.2.8.0 and earlier contain an account takeover vulnerability in the /profile/updateProfile endpoint. An authenticated attacker can modify the userId and email parameters in a POST request to takeover other user accounts by changing the email address to one they control.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 5.2.9CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed OvalEdge versionCheck the application's about page, admin panel, or version file (commonly found in installation directory or via /api/version endpoint)Affected if Version is 5.2.8.0 or earlier, or any version below 5.2.9
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Confirm authentication requirement for /profile/updateProfileInspect the endpoint configuration or attempt an unauthenticated POST request to /profile/updateProfileAffected if Endpoint is accessible without valid authentication
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Verify authorization controls on profile modificationAs an authenticated user, attempt to modify another user's profile by changing the userId parameter in the POST request to /profile/updateProfileAffected if Request succeeds and allows modifying another user's email without proper authorization
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Review profile update audit logsCheck application logs for POST requests to /profile/updateProfile where the userId differs from the authenticated session userAffected if Such requests exist in logs indicating possible exploitation
User is affected if running OvalEdge version below 5.2.9 and the /profile/updateProfile endpoint permits unauthorized modification of other user accounts without proper authorization checks.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped5.2.9
Upgrade to a version beyond 5.2.8.0. If no patch is available, implement strict authorization checks to ensure users can only modify their own profile data, and add logging/monitoring for profile update operations.
5.2.9
- Upgrade OvalEdge to version 5.2.9 or later to remediate this vulnerability
- After upgrading, verify that the /profile/updateProfile endpoint properly enforces authorization checks to prevent unauthorized account takeover
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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