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CVE-2022-37300 — A CWE-640: Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password vulnerability

A CWE-640: Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password vulnerability exists that could cause unauthorized access in read and write mode to the controller when communicating over Modbus. Affected Products: EcoStruxure Control Expert Including all Unity Pro versions (fo

CVSS
9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS
0.57% (top 31.60%)
CWE
CWE-640
Published
2022-09-12T17:40:10.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-03T10:29:20.628Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

A CWE-640: Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password vulnerability exists that could cause unauthorized access in read and write mode to the controller when communicating over Modbus. Affected Products: EcoStruxure Control Expert Including all Unity Pro versions (former name of EcoStruxure Control Expert) (V15.0 SP1 and prior), EcoStruxure Process Expert, Including all versions of…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Schneider ElectricEcoStruxure Control ExpertSP1
Schneider ElectricEcoStruxure Process ExpertV
Schneider ElectricModicon M340 CPUBMXP34
Schneider ElectricModicon M580 CPUBMEP, BMEH

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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