CVE-2022-42970 — A CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function The software does not pe

A CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function The software does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. Affected Products: APC Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software (Windows 7,

01What is this vulnerability?

A CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function The software does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. Affected Products: APC Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software (Windows 7, 10, 11 & Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022 - Versions prior to V2.5-GA), APC Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software (Windows…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Schneider Electric	APC Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software	Windows 7, 10, 11 Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022
Schneider Electric	APC Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software	(Windows 11, Windows Server 2019, 2022
Schneider Electric	Schneider Electric Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software	Windows 7, 10, 11 Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022
Schneider Electric	Schneider Electric Easy UPS Online Monitoring Software	Windows 11, Windows Server 2019, 2022

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

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

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

• Published: 2023-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-05T20:17:08.771Z

09References

• download.schneider-electric.com — https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_SEVD-2022-347-01&p_enDocType…