Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-40976

Medium

Published: 24 November 2022

Published
24 November 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0014 34.2th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-40976 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Pliz Pnozmulti Configurator. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 34.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A path traversal vulnerability was discovered in multiple Pilz products. An unauthenticated local attacker could use a zipped, malicious configuration file to trigger arbitrary file writes ('zip-slip'). File writes do not affect confidentiality or availability.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

pilz
pas 4000
≤ 1.25.0
pliz
pascal
≤ 1.9.1
pliz
pasconnect
≤ 1.4.0
pliz
pasmotion
≤ 1.4.1
pliz
pnozmulti configurator
≤ 10.14.4 · ≤ 11.2.0

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.

addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References