What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-22473?

CVE-2026-22473 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.1%.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2026-22473?

Within 24 hours: Identify all systems running Dental Clinic <= 3.7 and assess exposure to untrusted input; isolate affected systems from production networks if feasible. Within 7 days: Implement compensating controls including WAF rules to block suspicious serialized object patterns, disable deserialization features if non-critical, and apply network segmentation to limit lateral movement. Within 30 days: Contact vendor for patch availability timeline; evaluate alternative solutions or plan controlled upgrade once patch is released; conduct security audit of affected systems for indicators of compromise.

CVE-2026-22473

HIGH

Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502)

2026-03-05 audit@patchstack.com

Deserialization

8.8

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

8.8 HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Re-analysis Queued

Apr 22, 2026 - 21:37 vuln.today

cvss_changed

Analysis Generated

Mar 12, 2026 - 22:06 vuln.today

CVE Published

Mar 05, 2026 - 06:16 nvd

HIGH 8.8

DescriptionCVE.org

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in designthemes Dental Clinic dental allows Object Injection.This issue affects Dental Clinic: from n/a through <= 3.7.

AnalysisAI

Object injection through unsafe deserialization in designthemes Dental Clinic version 3.7 and earlier allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. An attacker with valid credentials can exploit this CWE-502 weakness to inject malicious objects during the deserialization process, potentially compromising the entire application. No patch is currently available for this vulnerability.

Technical ContextAI

Classified as CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data). Affects designthemes Dental Clinic dental. Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in designthemes Dental Clinic dental allows Object Injection.This issue affects Dental Clinic: from n/a through <= 3.7.