6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
19.4%
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a malicious user to trick a legitimate user into using an untrusted website. If exploited, this vulnerability could lead to a loss of sensitive information, such as authentication credentials.
Rockwell Automation reports this vulnerability affects the following MicroLogix controllers:
The X-Frame-Options header is not configured in the HTTP response, which could allow clickjacking attacks.
CVE-2022-2179 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).
Pawan V. Sable and Pranita Binnar from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) reported this vulnerability to Rockwell Automation.
Rockwell Automation encourages those using the affected software to implement the mitigations below to minimize risk. Additionally, Rockwell Automation encourages users to combine risk mitigations with security best practices (also provided below) to deploy a defense-in-depth strategy.
If applying the mitigations noted above are not possible, please see Rockwell Automationβs Knowledgebase article QA43240 Security Best Practices.
For more information, please see the industrial security advisory from Rockwell Automation.
CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability these vulnerabilities. CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01BβTargeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.
Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability.
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