CVE-2022-50796
Unauthenticated RCE via path traversal in firmware upload (upload.cgi) on SOUND4 <=2.x.
Is CVE-2022-50796 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2022-50796 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2022-50796?
CVE-2022-50796 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.3. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2022-50796?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2022-50796, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2022-50796 affect?
CVE-2022-50796 affects SOUND4 Impact/FIRST/PULSE/Eco <=2.x firmware. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2022-50796?
Disable unauthenticated upload; apply firmware updates when available; isolate affected devices.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote code execution via unauthenticated firmware upload; attacker can write to web root and run code as www-data.
Immediate action required
- affected1.30
- affected1.2
- affected1.16
- affectedVersion 2: 1.1/2.15
- affected1.1/2.4.29
- affected1.11
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.