Critical severity · published Jun 24, 2022
CVE-2022-31802
In CODESYS Gateway Server V2 for versions prior to V2.3.9.38 only a part of the the specified password is been compared to the real CODESYS Gateway password
9.8
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In CODESYS Gateway Server V2 for versions prior to V2.3.9.38 only a part of the the specified password is been compared to the real CODESYS Gateway password. An attacker may perform authentication by specifying a small password that matches the corresponding part of the longer real CODESYS Gateway password.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GA
Gateway · Codesys
2.0 before 2.3.9.38 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31802
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-31802
Vendor Advisory
https://customers.codesys.com/index.php?eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=17141&token=17867e35cfd30c77ba0137f9a17b3a557a4b7b66&download=
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