CVE-2022-38116: Le-yan Personnel and Salary Management System has hard-coded database account and password within the website

Q: How do I fix CVE-2022-38116?

salary management system: upgrade to 2022-06-06. Exact commands for each OS are on this page.

Q: Is CVE-2022-38116 being exploited?

CVE-2022-38116 is not on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the time of the last update. Check again, as this can change.

Q: What does CVE-2022-38116 affect?

CVE-2022-38116 affects salary management system. Severity is critical (CVSS 9.8). Le-yan Personnel and Salary Management System has hard-coded database account and password within the website source code. An unauthenticated remote attacker can access, modify system data or disrupt service.

Q: How urgent is CVE-2022-38116?

Priority 56/100. Critical severity; Remotely exploitable, no login, no user action

This month

CRITICAL 9.8REMOTEUPGRADE

CVE-2022-38116 is a critical-severity flaw (CVSS 9.8) affecting salary management system. Below: why it ranks where it does, which versions are affected, what to do, and the exact commands.

Le-yan Personnel and Salary Management System has hard-coded database account and password within the website source code. An unauthenticated remote attacker can access, modify system data or disrupt service.

Why this priority

Critical severity
Remotely exploitable, no login, no user action

A fixed release or distro patch exists.

Risk facts

CVSS score	9.8 (Critical)
Attack vector	Network (remote)
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges needed	None
User interaction	None
EPSS exploit chance	1.2% (top 33%)
CISA exploited list	No
Weakness	CWE-798
Published	2022-08-30
Last modified	2026-06-17

Publisher (CNA): TWCERT/CC · Vendor: leyan

Last updated 2026-06-17 · Sources: CVE Program, NVD, CISA KEV, EPSS and vendor advisories · How we score

Am I affected?

Timeline

2022-08-30 05:15 UTCPublished CVE record published
2026-06-17 04:56 UTCUpdated Record last modified

leyan salary management system UPGRADE

Affected: < 2022-06-06

Fixed in: 2022-06-06

Safe to downgrade to: no unaffected older release

1. Check installed version

apt-cache policy salary-management-system || rpm -q salary-management-system || salary-management-system --version

2. UPGRADE to 2022-06-06 (Debian / Ubuntu)

sudo apt update && sudo apt install --only-upgrade salary-management-system

2. UPGRADE (RHEL / Amazon Linux / Fedora)

sudo dnf upgrade salary-management-system

Note

Distros often backport fixes without changing the version number. Confirm with the distro advisory or changelog.

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Quick answers

How do I fix CVE-2022-38116?

salary management system: upgrade to 2022-06-06. Exact commands for each OS are on this page.

Is CVE-2022-38116 being exploited?

CVE-2022-38116 is not on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the time of the last update. Check again, as this can change.

What does CVE-2022-38116 affect?

CVE-2022-38116 affects salary management system. Severity is critical (CVSS 9.8). Le-yan Personnel and Salary Management System has hard-coded database account and password within the website source code. An unauthenticated remote attacker can access, modify system data or disrupt service.

How urgent is CVE-2022-38116?

Priority 56/100. Critical severity; Remotely exploitable, no login, no user action

References

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