CVE-2022-25160 Information disclosure in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F series FX5U(C) CPU; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F series FX5UJ CPU; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series R00/01/02CPU; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series R04/08/16/32/120(EN)CPU; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series R08/16/32/120SFCPU; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series R08/16/32/120PCPU; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series R08/16/32/120PSFCPU; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series R16/32/64MTCPU; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series RJ71C24(-R2/R4); Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series RJ71EN71; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series RJ72GF15-T2; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC Q series Q03/04/06/13/26UDVCPU; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC Q series Q04/06/13/26UDPVCPU; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC Q series QJ71C24N(-R2/R4); Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC Q series QJ71E71-100

Medium 5.9 Published 1 Apr 2022 Updated 3 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can disclose files and counterfeit systems by exploiting cleartext storage of sensitive information in Mitsubishi MELSEC PLCs.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2022-25160?

CVE-2022-25160 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F series FX5U(C) CPU; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F series FX5UJ CPU; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series R00/01/02CPU; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series R04/08/16/32/120(EN)CPU; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series R08/16/32/120SFCPU; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series R08/16/32/120PCPU; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series R08/16/32/120PSFCPU; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series R16/32/64MTCPU; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series RJ71C24(-R2/R4); Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series RJ71EN71; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series RJ72GF15-T2; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC Q series Q03/04/06/13/26UDVCPU; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC Q series Q04/06/13/26UDPVCPU; Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC Q series QJ71C24N(-R2/R4); Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC Q series QJ71E71-100, published on 1 Apr 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F series FX5U(C) CPU all versions, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F series FX5UJ CPU all versions, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series R00/01/02CPU all versions, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series R04/08/16/32/120(EN)CPU all versions, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series R08/16/32/120SFCPU all versions, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series R08/16/32/120PCPU all versions, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series R08/16/32/120PSFCPU all versions, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series R16/32/64MTCPU all versions, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series RJ71C24(-R2/R4) all versions, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series RJ71EN71 all versions, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-R series RJ72GF15-T2 all versions, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC Q series Q03/04/06/13/26UDVCPU all versions, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC Q series Q04/06/13/26UDPVCPU all versions, Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC Q series QJ71C24N(-R2/R4) all versions and Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC Q series QJ71E71-100 all versions allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to disclose a file in a legitimate user's product by using previously eavesdropped cleartext information and to counterfeit a legitimate user’s system.

Weakness: CWE-312

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25160?

It affects 16 products.

Products include Mitsubishielectric Fx5uc-32mr\/Ds-Ts Firmware, Mitsubishielectric Fx5uc-32mt\/D Firmware, Mitsubishielectric Fx5uc-32mt\/Ds-Ts Firmware, Mitsubishielectric Fx5uc-32mt\/Dss-Ts Firmware, Mitsubishielectric Fx5uc-32mt\/Dss Firmware, Mitsubishielectric Fx5uc Firmware and 10 more.

How do I fix CVE-2022-25160?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-25160 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-25160 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25160 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x7wp-8ff2-7844.

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