CVE-2022-24039

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-05-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-75

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Desigo PXC4 (All versions < V02.20.142.10-10884), Desigo PXC5 (All versions < V02.20.142.10-10884). The “addCell” JavaScript function fails to properly sanitize user-controllable input before including it into the generated XML body of the XLS report document, such that it is possible to inject arbitrary content (e.g., XML tags) into the generated file. An attacker with restricted privileges, by poisoning any of the content used to generate XLS reports, could be able to leverage the application to deliver malicious files against higher-privileged users and obtain Remote Code Execution (RCE) against the administrator’s workstation.

Affected products

Siemens Desigo Pxc4 Firmware: before 02.20.142.10-10884 — fixed in 02.20.142.10-10884
Siemens Desigo Pxc5 Firmware: before 02.20.142.10-10884 — fixed in 02.20.142.10-10884

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Siemens Desigo Pxc4 Firmware 02.20.142.10-10884; Siemens Desigo Pxc5 Firmware 02.20.142.10-10884. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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