PLC reboot via browser-accessible PHP action
Published Jun 24, 2022 · Updated Apr 16, 2025
Improper workflow enforcement in Sécheron SEPCOS firmware allows remote attackers to reboot the PLC through its embedded web interface. The S-Web interface relies on client-side JavaScript to gate a browser-accessible PHP reboot action, so direct function execution or a request to that script bypasses the control. Network access to the embedded web server is sufficient; no authentication or user interaction is required, and successful exploitation interrupts PLC availability by rebooting it.
Summary
What happened
Improper workflow enforcement in Sécheron SEPCOS firmware allows remote attackers to reboot the PLC through its embedded web interface. The S-Web interface relies on client-side JavaScript to gate a browser-accessible PHP reboot action, so direct function execution or a request to that script bypasses the control. Network access to the embedded web server is sufficient; no authentication or user interaction is required, and successful exploitation interrupts PLC availability by rebooting it.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-1667
- Published
- Jun 24, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 16, 2025
- Vendor
- Sécheron
- Product
- SEPCOS Control and Protection Relay Firmware
- Classifications
- CWE-841, T0816
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 24, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 16, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=All versions <1.23.21 changes=[{"at":"1.24.8","status":"unaffected"},{"at":"1.25.3","status":"unaffected"}]
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