Quick answers
- Is CVE-2022-50796 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2022-50796 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2022-50796?
- Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 30 December 2025.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Sound4 First <=2.x; Sound4 Pulse <=2.x.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2022-50796?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2022-50796 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network.
- Am I affected by CVE-2022-50796?
- Check whether you run Sound4 First or Sound4 Pulse at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability is an unauthenticated remote code execution in the firmware upload functionality (upload.cgi script) affecting SOUND4 IMPACT/FIRST/PULSE/Eco devices running version 2.x and earlier. The vulnerability involves a path traversal flaw that allows attackers to upload malicious files and write them to arbitrary locations on the system with www-data permissions. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, and the attack is network-accessible. Successful exploitation enables full code execution on the affected device.
Affected products
- SOUND4 IMPACT <=2.x
- SOUND4 FIRST <=2.x
- SOUND4 PULSE <=2.x
- SOUND4 Eco <=2.x
Timeline
- 2025-12-30: disclosed