# CVE-2022-2338: Softing Secure Integration Server Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

> Attackers can intercept session cookies via plaintext HTTP to bypass authentication and access the administration interface.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x6q2-jc43-hg6v

## What is CVE-2022-2338?

CVE-2022-2338 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Softing Secure Integration Server, published on 17 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Softing Secure Integration Server V1.22 is vulnerable to authentication bypass via a machine-in-the-middle attack. The default the administration interface is accessible via plaintext HTTP protocol, facilitating the attack. The HTTP request may contain the session cookie in the request, which may be captured for use in authenticating to the server.

Weakness: CWE-319 (Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2338?

It affects 6 products.


Products: Softing Edgeaggregator, Softing Edgeconnector, Softing Opc, Softing Opc Ua C\+\+ Software Development Kit, Softing Secure Integration Server, Softing Uagates.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-2338?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2338 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-2338 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2338 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Softing Secure Integration Server

- [CVE-2022-2336](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2336/): Softing Secure Integration Server Improper Authentication (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-27335](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27335/): Softing edgeAggregator Client Cross-Site Scripting Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-0860](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0860/): Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information in Softing edgeConnector and edgeAggregator (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2023-27334](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27334/): Softing edgeConnector Siemens ConditionRefresh Resource Exhaustion Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-27336](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27336/): Softing edgeConnector Siemens OPC UA Server Null Pointer Dereference Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2338 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-2338 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Softing Secure Integration Server, published on 17 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2338 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Softing Secure Integration Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2338/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2338/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2338
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2338
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2338

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2338/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.