Schneider PowerLogic Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password (CVE-2021-22763)

critical Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 500535

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

A CWE-640: Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password vulnerability exists in PowerLogic PM55xx, PowerLogic PM8ECC, PowerLogic EGX100 and PowerLogic EGX300 (see security notification for version infromation) that could allow an attacker administrator level access to a device.

This plugin only works with Tenable.ot. Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.

Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?20360c58

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 500535

Version: 1.6

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/7/2022

Updated: 2/21/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-22763

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:schneider-electric:powerlogic_pm5560_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:powerlogic_pm5563_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:powerlogic_pm5561_firmware, cpe:/o:schneider-electric:powerlogic_pm5562_firmware

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Schneider

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-22763

CWE: 640