Cross-site request forgery in Siemens products - CVE-2022-40179
Published: October 12, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU68258
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40179
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Siemens
Affected software:
Desigo PXM30-1
Desigo PXM30.E
Desigo PXM40-1
Desigo PXM40.E
Desigo PXM50-1
Desigo PXM50.E
PXG3.W100-1
PXG3.W100-2
PXG3.W200-1
PXG3.W200-2
Desigo PXM30-1
Desigo PXM30.E
Desigo PXM40-1
Desigo PXM40.E
Desigo PXM50-1
Desigo PXM50.E
PXG3.W100-1
PXG3.W100-2
PXG3.W200-1
PXG3.W200-2
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in the "Operation" web application. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website, such as execute arbitrary Axon queries against the device.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-40179
Install updates from vendor's website.