CVE-2022-46157 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) Code Injection vulnerability in akeneo/pim-community-dev. 1 public exploit reference exists, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for akeneo/pim-community-dev — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Remote php code execution in Akeneo PIM
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2022-46157 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 378,567 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
akeneo/pim-community-dev🐘akeneo/pim-community-devReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Impact
Akeneo PIM Community Edition versions before v5.0.119 and v6.0.53 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code on the server by uploading a crafted image.
Patches
Akeneo PIM Community Edition after the versions aforementioned provides patched Apache HTTP server configuration file, for docker setup and in documentation sample, to fix this vulnerability.
Community Edition users must change their Apache HTTP server configuration accordingly to be protected.
The patch for Cloud Based Akeneo PIM Services customers has been applied since 30th October 2022.
Workarounds
Replace any reference to <FilesMatch \.php$> in your apache httpd configurations with: <Location "/index.php">, as shown in https://github.com/akeneo/pim-community-dev/blob/b4d79bb073c8b68ea26ab227c97cc78d86c4cba1/docker/httpd.conf#L39.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | akeneo/pim-community-dev | ≥ 6.0.0&&< 6.0.53 | 6.0.53composer require akeneo/pim-community-dev:^6.0.53 |
| 🐘Packagist | akeneo/pim-community-dev | all versions | 5.0.119composer require akeneo/pim-community-dev:^5.0.119 |
Research use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for akeneo/pim-community-dev, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update akeneo/pim-community-dev to 6.0.53 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2022-46157 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2022-46157 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2022-46157. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2022-46157 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2022-46157 across Packagist dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.