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FKIE_CVE-2021-33025

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-05-16 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:54

Severity

5.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

xArrow SCADA versions 7.2 and prior permits unvalidated registry keys to be run with application-level privileges.

References

	URL	Tags
	ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov	https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-229-03	Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-21-229-03	Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	xarrow	xarrow	*

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CVE-2021-33025 (GCVE-0-2021-33025)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-16 17:53 – Updated: 2025-04-16 16:20

Title

xArrow SCADA Path Traversal

Summary

xArrow SCADA versions 7.2 and prior permits unvalidated registry keys to be run with application-level privileges.

Severity

5.6 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-16 15:52 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting

Assigner

icscert icscert root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-2…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
xArrow	xArrow SCADA	Affected: unspecified , ≤ 7.2 (custom)

Date Public

2021-08-17 00:00

Credits

Sharon Brizinov from Claroty, and Michael Heinzl reported these vulnerabilities to CISA.

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