RCE in Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Designer

CVE-2022-1159

Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Designer (all versions) are vulnerable when an attacker who achieves administrator access on a workstation running Studio 5000 Logix Designer could inject controller code undetectable to a user.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.034 (87.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (x_refsource_CONFIRM, US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1159?
CVE-2022-1159 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rockwell Automation Studio 5000 Logix Designer, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2022-04-01.
How severe is CVE-2022-1159?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-1159 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.