CVE-2022-38118
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 · uneditedOAKlouds Portal website’s Meeting Room has insufficient validation for user input. A remote attacker with general user privilege can perform SQL-injection to access, modify, delete database, perform system operations and disrupt service.
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 confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in OAKlouds Portal's Meeting Room feature due to insufficient user input validation. A remote attacker with general user privileges can inject malicious SQL queries to access, modify, or delete database content, execute system operations, and disrupt service.
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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>= 2.0, <= 2.0-163>= 3.0, <= 3.0-163CVSS 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
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 Oaklouds Portal versionLocate the version information for your Hgiga Oaklouds Portal installation through the admin interface, version file, or system documentationAffected if The installed version falls within 2.0 to 2.0-163 or 3.0 to 3.0-163 inclusive
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Verify Meeting Room feature is enabledCheck the Oaklouds Portal admin panel or configuration to confirm the Meeting Room module is activeAffected if The Meeting Room feature is enabled and accessible to general users
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Identify Meeting Room entry pointsLocate all URLs, endpoints, or API paths related to Meeting Room functionality in your web applicationAffected if The Meeting Room endpoints accept user-supplied input through query parameters, form fields, or request bodies
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Inspect input handling in Meeting RoomReview the application code or intercept requests to the Meeting Room feature to identify where user input is passed to database queriesAffected if User input from Meeting Room forms or parameters is used directly in SQL queries without apparent sanitization or parameterized query usage
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Review database logs for anomalous Meeting Room queriesExamine database query logs or enable SQL query logging, focusing on requests from the Meeting Room feature for unusual or injected SQL syntaxAffected if Database logs show SQL syntax or operators appearing in query parameters that differ from expected Meeting Room input patterns
You are affected if your Oaklouds Portal version is between 2.0 and 2.0-163 or between 3.0 and 3.0-163 AND the Meeting Room feature is enabled with user input being passed unsafely to database queries.
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 input validation and use parameterized queries/prepared statements for all database interactions in the Meeting Room functionality to prevent SQL injection attacks.
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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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