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GHSA-H8FG-8J3G-7P4X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-04-05 00:00 – Updated: 2022-04-14 00:00

Details

Automation Direct CLICK PLC CPU Modules: C0-1x CPUs with firmware prior to v3.00 does not protect against additional software programming connections. An attacker can connect to the PLC while an existing connection is already active.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2021-32980 (GCVE-0-2021-32980)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-04 19:45 – Updated: 2025-04-16 16:31

Title

Automation Direct CLICK PLC CPU Modules Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Summary

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-288 - Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Assigner

icscert

References

URL

Tags

https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-2…

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Automation Direct	CLICK PLC CPU Modules: C0-1x CPUs	Affected: unspecified , < 3.00 (custom)

Credits

Irfan Ahmed and Adeen Ayub of Virginia Commonwealth University and Hyunguk Yoo of the University of New Orleans reported these vulnerabilities to Automation Direct.

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-H8FG-8J3G-7P4X

CVE-2021-32980 (GCVE-0-2021-32980)

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