CVE-2022-2791
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 22, 2022 at 07:19 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:42 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorProficy
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
Emerson Electric's Proficy Machine Edition Version 9.00 and prior is vulnerable to CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type, and will upload any file written into the PLC logic folder to the connected PLC.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCUS Government ResourceThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-228-06SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-434
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