IWX-CVE-2022-8522 (2022-04-13)¶
At approximately 17:43 Eastern, April 12, 2022, security researchers disclosed a new vulnerability in the InterWorx Password Reset process. A SiteWorx or NodeWorx user with filesystem access can provide a maliciously crafted reset token that can allow the attacker to reset another user’s password.
At approximately 14:45 Eastern, April 13, 2022, InterWorx released hotfixes to correct this vulnerability.
Affected InterWorx Versions¶
-All InterWorx 6 <= 6.12.2 -All InterWorx 7 <= 7.9.9
Fixed in Versions¶
7.10.0
6.12.x (TBD)
Hotfixes Available¶
interworx-hotfix-6.1.26.1577-15
interworx-hotfix-6.1.26.1626-128
interworx-hotfix-6.9.0.1810-36
interworx-hotfix-6.10.1.1856-30
interworx-hotfix-6.11.1.1929-5
interworx-hotfix-6.11.2.1931-6
interworx-hotfix-6.12.0.1943-17
interworx-hotfix-6.12.1.1964-5
interworx-hotfix-6.12.2.1984-8
interworx-hotfix-7.4.1.1851-14
interworx-hotfix-7.9.3.1969-5
interworx-hotfix-7.9.6.1987-5
interworx-hotfix-7.9.7.1991-5
interworx-hotfix-7.9.8.2025-3
Installation and Verification¶
On a standard InterWorx installation, hotfixes are automatically applied every 6 hours.
To verify if a system has been patched:
Log in to the server at the CLI as root, either via SSH or from the terminal
At the CLI, run the following command, and compare the output to the list above:
rpm -q interworx-hotfix
If the version listed in the command output is not in the list above, run the following to attempt to install the latest hotfix:
~iworx/bin/hotfix.pex --install --force
Check the list, again
rpm -q interworx-hotfix
If the hotfix version in the command output is still not one found in the above list, please enable Remote Assistance and then open a support ticket with InterWorx support.