CVE-2022-37300 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2022-37300

A CWE-640: Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password vulnerability...

Vulnerability Description

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 EcoStruxure Hybrid DCS (former name of EcoStruxure Process Expert) (V2021 and prior), Modicon M340 CPU (part numbers BMXP34*) (V3.40 and prior), Modicon M580 CPU (part numbers BMEP* and BMEH*) (V3.20 and prior).

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.

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Affected Vendor

Schneider Electric

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Affected Software

EcoStruxure Control Expert, EcoStruxure Process Expert, Modicon M340 CPU, Modicon M580 CPU
Vulnerable Versions:
SP1, V, BMXP34, BMEP, BMEH

Timeline

Official Publish: September 12th, 2022
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
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:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-640

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.