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CVE-2022-28005

3CX Phone System Path Traversal

3CX Phone System

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Severity
CVSS 9.8 · Critical
Confidence
High
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
8.3%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

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What it is

CVE-2022-28005 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting 3CX Phone System. An issue was discovered in the 3CX Phone System Management Console prior to version 18 Update 3 FINAL. An unauthenticated attacker could...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is high. Also confirmed by third-party sources.

Who is affected?

3CX Phone System.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

An issue was discovered in the 3CX Phone System Management Console prior to version 18 Update 3 FINAL

An issue was discovered in the 3CX Phone System Management Console prior to version 18 Update 3 FINAL. An unauthenticated attacker could abuse improperly secured access to arbitrary files on the server (via /Electron/download directory traversal in conjunction with a path component that uses backslash characters), leading to cleartext credential disclosure.

Afterwards, the authenticated attacker is able to upload a file that overwrites a 3CX service binary, leading to Remote Code Execution as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows installations. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-48482.

Published
06 May 2022
Exploitation Reported
09 Jan 2026
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

The Shadowserver

Recorded 09 Jan 2026

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
The Shadowserver First 2026-01-09 00:00 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

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No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

9.8 Critical

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

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

EPSS

8.3%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Insufficiently Protected Credentials CWE-522

All CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1 9.8 Critical

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

CVSS v2.0 5.0 Medium

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 00:00 UTC

    Added to Previdian KEV Feed

    High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation

  2. 00:00 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  3. 00:00 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

Pro API

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Sample API response 
{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2022-28005",
  "confidence": "High",
  "cvss_score": 9.8,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.08346,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}