CVE-2021-22731 (GCVE-0-2021-22731)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-26 19:19 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password vulnerability exists on Modicon Managed Switch MCSESM* and MCSESP* V8.21 and prior which could cause an unauthorized password change through HTTP / HTTPS when basic user information is known by a remote attacker.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-640 - Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_D… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Modicon Managed Switch MCSESM* and MCSESP* V8.21 and prior |
Affected:
Modicon Managed Switch MCSESM* and MCSESP* V8.21 and prior
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Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.