CVE-2022-3540

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-10-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-312

Description

An issue has been discovered in hunter2 affecting all versions before 2.1.0. Improper handling of auto-completion input allows an authenticated attacker to extract other users email addresses

Affected products

The hunter2 Contributors hunter2: before 2.1.0 — fixed in 2.1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: The hunter2 Contributors hunter2 2.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-3540.json
https://gitlab.com/hunter2.app/hunter2/-/issues/529
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-3540.json
https://gitlab.com/hunter2.app/hunter2/-/issues/529

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