CVE-2022-33925
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 in UI. An remote authenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability by bypassing access controls in order to download reports containing sensitive information.
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 · high confidenceDell Wyse Management Suite 3.6.1 and below contains an improper access control vulnerability in its UI layer. An authenticated remote attacker can bypass intended access restrictions to download reports containing sensitive information. This indicates missing or insufficient authorization checks after authentication, allowing users to access resources outside their privilege level.
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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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 versionCheck the product version in the Management Suite admin console or system information page, typically found in the About or Settings section of the web interfaceAffected if Version is 3.6.1 or below, or any version prior to 3.8.0
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Verify report download functionality existsNavigate to the reporting or download sections within the Wyse Management Suite web interface and confirm report generation or export features are present and enabledAffected if Report download functionality is present and accessible to authenticated users
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Test authorization boundaries on report endpointsUsing a user account with limited privileges (non-admin), attempt to access or download reports that should be restricted based on role permissionsAffected if A user with limited privileges can access reports outside their assigned scope or download sensitive reports not intended for their role
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Check for missing role-based access control on download APIInspect browser developer tools or API documentation to identify report download endpoints, then verify if authorization tokens are properly validated for each requestAffected if The download endpoint accepts requests without validating if the authenticated user has permission to access that specific report resource
A user is affected if their Dell Wyse Management Suite installation is version 3.8.0 or lower and the report download feature allows unauthorized access to sensitive reports by authenticated users with limited privileges.
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
Implement proper role-based access control (RBAC) checks on report download endpoints to ensure users can only access reports they are authorized to view. Audit all report-related API endpoints for similar access control flaws.
Wyse Management Suite 3.8.0 or later
- Verify current Wyse Management Suite version by checking the Admin UI or system information
- Download Wyse Management Suite version 3.8.0 or later from the Dell Support site (support.dell.com)
- Review upgrade documentation and release notes for any prerequisites
- Create a backup of the current configuration and database
- Perform the upgrade following Dell's standard upgrade procedure for Wyse Management Suite
- After upgrade, verify the version number reflects 3.8.0 or later
- Test that access controls properly restrict report downloads to authorized users
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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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-2022-33925 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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