CVE•Published 2022-06-06•Modified 2026-07-09•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2022-27438Caphyon · Advanced_installer
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.1
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
82
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 18% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Caphyon Ltd Advanced Installer 19.3 and earlier and many products that use the updater from Advanced Installer (Advanced Updater) are affected by a remote code execution vulnerability via the CustomDetection parameter in the update check function. To exploit this vulnerability, a user must start an affected installation to trigger the update check.
Timeline
Published 2022-06-06
Modified 2026-07-09
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2022-27438Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Caphyon Advanced Installer"All exposed Caphyon Advanced Installer instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Advanced Installer"HTTP body or banner mentions "Advanced Installer" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2022-27438Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2022-27438Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2022-27438Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2022-27438GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2022-27438" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2022-27438 on GitHub.