CVE-2021-22765
Published: 11 June 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-22765 is a critical-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Schneider-Electric Powerlogic Egx100 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 29.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-9900
Vulnerability details
A CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability exists in PowerLogic EGX100 (Versions 3.0.0 and newer) and PowerLogic EGX300 (All Versions) that could cause denial of service or remote code execution via a specially crafted HTTP packet
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.
Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.
Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.
Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.