CVE-2022-2005 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2022-2005

AutomationDirect C-more EA9 HMI Cleartext Transmission

Vulnerability Description

AutomationDirect C-more EA9 HTTP webserver uses an insecure mechanism to transport credentials from client to web server, which may allow an attacker to obtain the login credentials and login as a valid user. This issue affects: AutomationDirect C-more EA9 EA9-T6CL versions prior to 6.73; EA9-T6CL-R versions prior to 6.73; EA9-T7CL versions prior to 6.73; EA9-T7CL-R versions prior to 6.73; EA9-T8CL versions prior to 6.73; EA9-T10CL versions prior to 6.73; EA9-T10WCL versions prior to 6.73; EA9-T12CL versions prior to 6.73; EA9-T15CL versions prior to 6.73; EA9-RHMI versions prior to 6.73; EA9-PGMSW versions prior to 6.73;

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

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Sam Hanson of Dragos reported this vulnerability to CISA.

Affected Vendor

AutomationDirect

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Affected Software

C-more EA9
Vulnerable Versions:
EA9-T6CL, EA9-T6CL-R, EA9-T7CL, EA9-T7CL-R, EA9-T8CL, EA9-T10CL, EA9-T10WCL, EA9-T12CL, EA9-T15CL, EA9-RHMI, EA9-PGMSW

Timeline

Official Publish: August 31st, 2022
Last Modified: April 16th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)