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01 Record

CVE-2022-37300

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.

CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: schneider
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

02 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.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.76% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 55.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2022-09-12 17:40Z4 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-03 10:29Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2022-08-01
Assigning CNA
schneider
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Critical (CVSS 9.8)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-640Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten PasswordBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
36c4b35d00f0064c11d74be2e79acb6efd53ba1458b994b216b324dbdcb1a4da

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Schneider ElectricEcoStruxure Control ExpertSP1 to 15.0—
Schneider ElectricEcoStruxure Process ExpertV to 2021—
Schneider ElectricModicon M340 CPUBMXP34 to 3.40—
Schneider ElectricModicon M580 CPUBMEP to 3.20, BMEH to 3.20—

06 References