CVE-2022-34820 is a critical vulnerability affecting numerous Siemens SIMATIC and SIPLUS CP/ET devices, where improper escaping of user-provided fields during authentication allows for command injection. This flaw enables an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges over the network. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it poses a severe risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability). Currently, there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.3.46CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_cp_1242-7_v2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.3.46CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_cp_1243-1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.3.46CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_cp_1243-7_lte_eu_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.3.46CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_cp_1243-7_lte_us_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.3.46CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:siemens:simatic_cp_1243-8_irc_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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