CVE-2022-44731 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-44731

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.15...

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.15 (All versions < V3.15 P038), SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.16 (All versions < V3.16 P035), SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.17 (All versions < V3.17 P024), SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.18 (All versions < V3.18 P014). The affected component allows to inject custom arguments to the Ultralight Client backend application under certain circumstances. This could allow an authenticated remote attacker to inject arbitrary parameters when starting the client via the web interface (e.g., open attacker chosen panels with the attacker's credentials or start a Ctrl script).

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 WinCC OA V3.15, SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.16, SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.17, SIMATIC WinCC OA V3.18
Vulnerable Versions:
All versions < V3.15 P038, All versions < V3.16 P035, All versions < V3.17 P024, All versions < V3.18 P014

Timeline

Official Publish: December 13th, 2022
Last Modified: April 21st, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Weaknesses (CWE)