CVE-2022-40881
Published: 17 November 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-40881 is a critical-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Contec Solarview Compact Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 0.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
SolarView Compact 6.00 contains a command injection vulnerability in network_test.php. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2022-40881, carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.8, and is categorized under CWE-77.
An unauthenticated attacker with network access can supply crafted input to network_test.php and execute arbitrary operating-system commands, resulting in full read/write/execute control over the device.
Public proof-of-concept exploits demonstrating remote code execution have been posted to GitHub. The vulnerability shows a high and sustained exploitation probability, reflected in an EPSS score of 0.9367 (peak 0.9558).
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-44137
Vulnerability details
SolarView Compact 6.00 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability via network_test.php
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.