Plesk
CVE-2022-45130
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security Anti-CSRF tokens, SameSite cookies
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Plesk Obsidian allows a CSRF attack, e.g., via the /api/v2/cli/commands REST API to change an Admin password. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement anti-CSRF tokens, validate Origin/Referer headers, use SameSite cookie attribute.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (CWE-352), which allows attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions. Plesk Obsidian allows a CSRF attack, e.g., via the /api/v2/cli/commands REST API to change an Admin password. NOTE: Obsidian is a specific version of the Plesk product: version numbers were used through version 12, and then the convention was changed so that versions are identified by names ("Obsidian"), not numbers. Affected products include: Plesk Obsidian. Version information: version 12.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Plesk Obsidian allows a CSRF attack, e.g., via the /api/v2/cli/commands REST API to change an Admin password. NOTE: Obsidian is a specific version of the Plesk product: version numbers were used through version 12, and then the convention was changed so that versions are identified by names ("Obsidian"), not numbers.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Request Forgery exploits the automatic credential inclusion behavior of web browsers.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
A Host Header Injection issue on the Login page of Plesk Obsidian through 18.0.49 allows attackers to redirect users to
The feature to preview a website in Plesk Obsidian 18.0.0 through 18.0.32 on Linux is vulnerable to reflected XSS via th
Cross-tenant credential disclosure in WebPros Plesk before 18.0.78.4 allows a low-privileged authenticated customer to e
SQL injection in the Plesk hosting control panel's XML-RPC API allows a remote, low-privileged authenticated user to inj
Privilege escalation in the Plesk web hosting control panel lets an authenticated low-privileged user abuse an improper
Authenticated remote attackers against WebPros Plesk (versions before 18.0.79.8, and 18.0.80 through 18.0.80.3) can inje
Arbitrary file write as root in Plesk's Backup Manager lets an authenticated customer escalate to full server compromise
Local privilege escalation to root affects the Backup Manager component of WebPros Plesk, where a time-of-check-to-time-
OS command injection in Plesk allows any authenticated low-privilege panel account - customer, reseller, or subscription
Privilege escalation to remote code execution in Plesk (18.0.52 through 18.0.79.6, and the 18.0.80.0 branch before 18.0.
Privilege escalation to root in Plesk for Linux (18.0.34 up to 18.0.79.9 / 18.0.80.5) lets a customer- or reseller-level
Authenticated Plesk panel users can escalate to root on Plesk 18.0 (Obsidian) servers by exploiting incorrect access con
GitHub PoC
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