CVE-2021-22794

published 2022-04-13

CVE-2021-22794: A CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability exists that could cause remote code execution. Affected…

Priority P2 63 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I H A H

A CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability exists that could cause remote code execution. Affected Product: StruxureWare Data Center Expert (V7.8.1 and prior)

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
schneider-electric	struxureware_data_center_expert	<= 7.8.1	—
schneider_electric	struxureware_data_center_expert	>= unspecified < V7.8.1	V7.8.1

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

• → CVE-2021-22794 is a Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Schneider Electric StruxureWare Data Center Expert versions 7.8.1 and prior, exploitable remotely with low attack complexity and high privileges, potentially leading to remote code execution. ↗
• → No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability as of the advisory date (September 14, 2021); monitor for anomalous path traversal patterns in HTTP requests targeting StruxureWare Data Center Expert management interfaces. ↗

• · CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) — network-exploitable, low complexity, but requires high privileges; scope is changed indicating impact beyond the vulnerable component. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 7.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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