CVE-2022-45778

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-12-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

https://www.hillstonenet.com.cn/ Hillstone Firewall SG-6000 <= 5.0.4.0 is vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control. There is a permission bypass vulnerability in the Hillstone WEB application firewall. An attacker can enter the background of the firewall with super administrator privileges through a configuration error in report.m.

Affected products

Hillstonenet Sc-6000-Wv02 Firmware: through 5.0.4.0
Hillstonenet Sc-6000-Wv04 Firmware: through 5.0.4.0
Hillstonenet Sc-6000-Wv08 Firmware: through 5.0.4.0
Hillstonenet Sc-6000-Wv12 Firmware: through 5.0.4.0

References

https://gist.github.com/yinfei6/6ffff06db3f7d4c24de2f784c0db10df
https://gist.github.com/yinfei6/6ffff06db3f7d4c24de2f784c0db10df

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