Device information disclosure via wildcard CORS response
Published Feb 27, 2023 · Updated Mar 10, 2025
CORS misconfiguration in WAGO controller and panel web management allows remote attackers to read limited device information. Appending /x.pdf to any web-management API endpoint makes the server return a wildcard Access-Control-Allow-Origin header, authorizing cross-origin calls. A malicious website opened inside the control network can read basic information pages, including CPU diagnostics; stronger effects require separate flaws.
Summary
What happened
CORS misconfiguration in WAGO controller and panel web management allows remote attackers to read limited device information. Appending /x.pdf to any web-management API endpoint makes the server return a wildcard Access-Control-Allow-Origin header, authorizing cross-origin calls. A malicious website opened inside the control network can read basic information pages, including CPU diagnostics; stronger effects require separate flaws.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-45139
- Published
- Feb 27, 2023
- Updated
- Mar 10, 2025
- Vendor
- WAGO
- Product
- PFC200 Controller
- Classifications
- CWE-346, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 27, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 10, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=FW16 <FW22
- Affected versionversion=FW23
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- IronSpider WAGO exploit-chain proof of conceptfunctional · demonstrated
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