What is CVE-2022-0221?

CVE-2022-0221 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Schneider Electric Scadapack Workbench, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2022-0221?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

XXE in Schneider Electric Scadapack Workbench

CVE-2022-0221

A CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability exists that could result in information disclosure when opening a malicious solution file provided by an attacker with SCADAPack Workbench. This could be exploited to pass data from local files to a remote system controlled by an attacker. Affected Product: SCADAPack Workbench (6.6.8a and prior)

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

EPSS: 0.009 (57.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Schneider Electric Scadapack Workbench — versions 6.6.8a
Schneider-electric Scadapack_workbench

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

cybersecurity@se.com (x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0221?: CVE-2022-0221 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Schneider Electric Scadapack Workbench, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-0221?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.