CVE-2022-40631 Cross-site scripting in SCALANCE X200-4P IRT

What is CVE-2022-40631?

CVE-2022-40631 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Siemens SCALANCE X200-4P IRT, published on 11 Oct 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE X200-4P IRT (All versions < V5.5.0), SCALANCE X201-3P IRT (All versions < V5.5.0), SCALANCE X201-3P IRT PRO (All versions < V5.5.0), SCALANCE X202-2IRT (All versions < V5.5.0), SCALANCE X202-2P IRT (All versions < V5.5.0), SCALANCE X202-2P IRT PRO (All versions < V5.5.0), SCALANCE X204-2 (All versions < V5.2.5), SCALANCE X204-2FM (All versions < V5.2.5), SCALANCE X204-2LD (All versions < V5.2.5), SCALANCE X204-2LD TS (All versions < V5.2.5), SCALANCE X204-2TS (All versions < V5.2.5), SCALANCE X204IRT (All versions < V5.5.0), SCALANCE X204IRT PRO (All versions < V5.5.0), SCALANCE X206-1 (All versions < V5.2.5), SCALANCE X206-1LD (All versions < V5.2.5), SCALANCE X208 (All versions < V5.2.5), SCALANCE X208PRO (All versions < V5.2.5), SCALANCE X212-2 (All versions < V5.2.5), SCALANCE X212-2LD (All versions < V5.2.5), SCALANCE X216 (All versions < V5.2.5), SCALANCE X224 (All versions < V5.2.5), SCALANCE XF201-3P IRT (All versions < V5.5.0), SCALANCE XF202-2P IRT (All versions < V5.5.0), SCALANCE XF204 (All versions < V5.2.5), SCALANCE XF204-2 (All versions < V5.2.5), SCALANCE XF204-2BA IRT (All versions < V5.5.0), SCALANCE XF204IRT (All versions < V5.5.0), SCALANCE XF206-1 (All versions < V5.2.5), SCALANCE XF208 (All versions < V5.2.5), SIPLUS NET SCALANCE X202-2P IRT (All versions < V5.5.0). There is a cross-site scripting vulnerability on the affected devices, that if used by a threat actor, it could result in session hijacking.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-40631?

It affects 30 products.

Products include Siemens Scalance X200-4p Irt Firmware, Siemens Scalance X201-3p Irt Firmware, Siemens Scalance X201-3p Irt Pro Firmware, Siemens Scalance X202-2irt Firmware, Siemens Scalance X202-2p Irt Firmware, Siemens Scalance X202-2p Irt Pro Firmware and 24 more.

How do I fix CVE-2022-40631?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-40631 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2022-40631 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40631 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Siemens SCALANCE X200-4P IRT

• CVE-2021-25668 Memory corruption in SCALANCE X200-4P IRT Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-25669 Memory corruption in SCALANCE X200-4P IRT Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-26649 Denial of service in SCALANCE X200-4P IRT Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26647 Weak cryptography in SCALANCE X200-4P IRT High 8.8
• CVE-2022-26648 Denial of service in SCALANCE X200-4P IRT High 8.2

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-hxq2-rx6m-372p.