Vulnerability · Published Apr 12, 2022 · Assigned by siemens

CVE-2022-23450

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity unsafe deserialization in SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic from Siemens. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 35.7% (higher than 98% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)35.7%top 1.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic (All versions < V7.3 Update 1), SIMATIC Energy Manager PRO (All versions < V7.3 Update 1). The affected system allows remote users to send maliciously crafted objects. Due to insecure deserialization of user-supplied content by the affected software, an unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a maliciously crafted serialized object. This could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the device with SYSTEM privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Siemens	SIMATIC Energy Manager Basic	All versions < V7.3 Update 1
Siemens	SIMATIC Energy Manager PRO	All versions < V7.3 Update 1

Weakness: CWE-502

References

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-655554.pdf x_refsource_MISC