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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-33174

Power Distribution Units running on Powertek firmware (multiple brands) before 3.30.30 allows remote authorization bypass in the web interface.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 14.1%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.1%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Power Distribution Units running on Powertek firmware (multiple brands) before 3.30.30 allows remote authorization bypass in the web interface. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker must send an HTTP packet to the data retrieval interface (/cgi/get_param.cgi) with the tmpToken cookie set to an empty string followed by a semicolon. This bypasses an active session authorization check. This can be then used to fetch the values of protected sys.passwd and sys.su.name fields that contain the username and password in cleartext.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
14.12% probability · 96th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-863
Affected
powertekpdus/basic pdu firmware · powertekpdus/pm pdu firmware · powertekpdus/piml pdu firmware · powertekpdus/smart pim firmware · powertekpdus/smart pos firmware · powertekpdus/smart pom firmware · powertekpdus/smart poms firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.