What is CVE-2022-33175?

CVE-2022-33175 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Powertekpdus Basic Pdu, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-06-13.

How severe is CVE-2022-33175?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-33175 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Powertekpdus Basic Pdu

CVE-2022-33175

Power Distribution Units running on Powertek firmware (multiple brands) before 3.30.30 have an insecure permissions setting on the user.token field that is accessible to everyone through the /cgi/get_param.cgi HTTP API. This leads to disclosing active session ids of currently logged-in administrators. The session id can then be reused to act as the administrator, allowing reading of the cleartext password, or reconfiguring the device.

EPSS: 0.017 (74.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-33175?: CVE-2022-33175 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Powertekpdus Basic Pdu, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-06-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-33175?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-33175 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.