CVE-2022-45788
Published: 30 January 2023
Summary
CVE-2022-45788 is a high-severity Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions (CWE-754) vulnerability in Schneider-Electric Ecostruxure Control Expert. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 39.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-48644
Vulnerability details
A CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability exists that could cause arbitrary code execution, denial of service and loss of confidentiality & integrity when a malicious project file is loaded onto the controller. Affected Products: EcoStruxure Control…
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Expert (All Versions), EcoStruxure Process Expert (All Versions), Modicon M340 CPU - part numbers BMXP34* (All Versions), Modicon M580 CPU - part numbers BMEP* and BMEH* (All Versions), Modicon M580 CPU Safety - part numbers BMEP58*S and BMEH58*S (All Versions), Modicon Momentum Unity M1E Processor - 171CBU* (All Versions), Modicon MC80 - BMKC80 (All Versions), Legacy Modicon Quantum - 140CPU65* and Premium CPUs - TSXP57* (All Versions)
- 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.
Requires detection and response to audit logging failures as an unusual or exceptional condition.
Implements detection of unusual or exceptional conditions followed by safe mode entry, reducing the window for exploitation of unchecked conditions.
Training ensures users perform required checks for unusual or exceptional conditions as part of contingency roles, limiting attacker leverage from skipped validations.
IR testing directly validates checks for unusual or exceptional conditions that could indicate security incidents.
Requires ongoing monitoring of organization-defined metrics and analysis, enabling checks for unusual or exceptional conditions.
Security testing routinely checks for unusual or exceptional inputs/conditions, identifying missing validation steps that flaw remediation then resolves.
Requires detection of unusual conditions followed by a controlled transition to the defined failure state.
MTTF determination forces explicit checks for conditions that precede predictable component failure.