Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-40977

High

Published: 24 November 2022

Published
24 November 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0086 75.4th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-40977 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Pilz Pasvisu. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 24.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A path traversal vulnerability was discovered in Pilz PASvisu Server before 1.12.0. An unauthenticated remote 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
pasvisu
≤ 1.12.0
pilz
pmi v507 firmware
≤ 1.3.58
pilz
pmi v512 firmware
≤ 1.3.58
pilz
pmi v704e firmware
≤ 2.2.0
pilz
pmi v707e firmware
≤ 2.2.0
pilz
pmi v807 firmware
≤ 1.6.102
pilz
pmi v812 firmware
≤ 1.6.102
pilz
pmi v815 firmware
≤ 1.6.102

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