CVE-2021-42029 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2021-42029

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA...

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V15 (All versions), SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V16 (All versions < V16 Update 5), SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V17 (All versions < V17 Update 2). An attacker could achieve privilege escalation on the web server of certain devices due to improper access control vulnerability in the engineering system software. The attacker needs to have direct access to the impacted web server.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V15, SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V16, SIMATIC STEP 7 (TIA Portal) V17
Vulnerable Versions:
All versions, All versions < V16 Update 5, All versions < V17 Update 2

Timeline

Official Publish: April 12th, 2022
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)