CVE-2022-33924
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 · uneditedDell Wyse Management Suite 3.6.1 and below contains an Improper Access control vulnerability with which an attacker with no access to create rules could potentially exploit this vulnerability and create rules.
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 confidenceDell Wyse Management Suite 3.6.1 and below contains an Improper Access Control vulnerability that allows users without proper permissions to create rules in the system. This broken access control allows a low-privilege or unauthenticated attacker to bypass authorization checks on the rule creation functionality.
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< 3.8.0CVSS 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
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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 Dell Wyse Management Suite versionLocate the WMS installation and check the version information typically found in the product interface under About or System Info, or check the installer package versionAffected if Installed version is 3.6.1 or below (any version < 3.8.0)
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Verify rule creation functionality is accessibleAccess the rule creation feature in the WMS admin interface or API endpoint for rule creationAffected if A user with limited or no privileges can access and submit rule creation requests without being blocked
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Review existing rules for unauthorized creationExamine the rule management section to list all created rules and check which user accounts created themAffected if Rules exist that were created by users lacking administrative permissions
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Check audit logs for rule creation activityReview WMS audit and security logs for rule creation events, focusing on entries from non-administrator accountsAffected if Log entries show rule creation attempts or successes by users without proper authorization
You are affected if your Dell Wyse Management Suite version is below 3.8.0 and users with insufficient privileges can create rules in the system.
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 · scoped3.8.0
Upgrade Dell Wyse Management Suite to a version above 3.6.1. If no upgrade is available, implement proper authorization validation on all rule creation endpoints to ensure users have appropriate permissions before allowing rule creation.
Wyse Management Suite 3.8.0 or later
- 1. Back up the current Wyse Management Suite configuration and database according to Dell's backup documentation
- 2. Review the Wyse Management Suite 3.8.0 release notes and upgrade guide available on Dell support website
- 3. Download Wyse Management Suite version 3.8.0 or later from Dell's official support site
- 4. Execute the upgrade following the documented upgrade procedure
- 5. Verify the upgrade completed successfully by checking the version number in the admin console
- 6. Confirm that the improper access control vulnerability is remediated by testing that unauthorized users can no longer create rules
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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-33924 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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.
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- 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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