CVE-2022-36542
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 · uneditedAn access control issue in the component /ip/admin/ of Edoc-doctor-appointment-system v1.0.1 allows attackers to arbitrarily edit, read, and delete Administrator data.
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 confidenceThe /ip/admin/ endpoint in Edoc-doctor-appointment-system v1.0.1 suffers from broken access control, allowing unauthenticated or unauthorized users to read, edit, and delete administrator data through insecure direct object references.
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= 1.0.1CVSS 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
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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 Edoc Doctor Appointment System installationCheck if the Edoc Doctor Appointment System web application is running in your environment. Look for web directories, application manifests, or running services associated with this application.Affected if The Edoc Doctor Appointment System version 1.0.1 is present in your environment
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Confirm the installed versionExamine the application's version information through its interface, source files, configuration files, or any version disclosure mechanism. Compare against the affected version 1.0.1.Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0.1 of the Hashenultura Edoc Doctor Appointment System
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Test unauthenticated access to /ip/admin/ endpointSend an HTTP GET request to http://[target]/ip/admin/ without providing any authentication credentials or session cookies. Observe whether the endpoint returns administrative data or allows access.Affected if The /ip/admin/ endpoint returns administrative content or dashboard without requiring authentication
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Test unauthorized CRUD operations on /ip/admin/Send HTTP requests (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE) to the /ip/admin/ endpoint with parameters referencing administrator records, without valid administrator authentication. Check if read, edit, or delete operations succeed.Affected if Unauthenticated or unauthorized requests to /ip/admin/ successfully read, modify, or delete administrator data through direct object references
Your environment is affected if the Edoc Doctor Appointment System v1.0.1 is running and the /ip/admin/ endpoint is accessible and allows CRUD operations without proper authentication or 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.
From vendor dataImplement proper authentication and role-based authorization checks on the /ip/admin/ endpoint to ensure only authenticated administrators can perform CRUD operations on administrative data.
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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-2022-36542 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.
- 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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