CVE-2021-22778
Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability exists in EcoStruxure Control Expert (all...
Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability exists in EcoStruxure Control Expert (all versions prior to V15.0 SP1, including all versions of Unity Pro), EcoStruxure Process Expert (all versions, including all versions of EcoStruxure Hybrid DCS), and SCADAPack RemoteConnect for x70, all versions, that could cause protected derived function blocks to be read or modified by unauthorized users when accessing a project file.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability exists in EcoStruxure Control Expert (all versions prior to V15.0 SP1, including all versions of Unity Pro), EcoStruxure Process Expert (all versions, including all versions of EcoStruxure Hybrid DCS), and SCADAPack RemoteConnect for x70, all versions, that could cause protected derived function blocks to be read or modified by unauthorized users when accessing a project file.
- Record
CVE-2021-22778- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.6 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability exists in EcoStruxure Control Expert (all versions prior to V15.0 SP1, including all versions of Unity Pro), EcoStruxure Process Expert (all versions, including all versions of EcoStruxure Hybrid DCS), and SCADAPack RemoteConnect for x70, all versions, that could cause protected derived function blocks to be read or modified by unauthorized users when accessing a project file.
- Record
CVE-2021-22778- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-9913 No score
Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability exists in EcoStruxure Control Expert (all versions prior to V15.0 SP1, including all versions of Unity Pro), EcoStruxure Process Expert (all versions, including all versions of EcoStruxure Hybrid DCS), and SCADAPack RemoteConnect for x70, all versions, that could cause protected derived function blocks to be read or modified by unauthorized users when accessing a project file.
- Record
EUVD-2021-9913- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cpxg-749c-f5cf No score
Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability exists in EcoStruxure Control Expert (all...
Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability exists in EcoStruxure Control Expert (all versions prior to V15.0 SP1, including all versions of Unity Pro), EcoStruxure Process Expert (all versions, including all versions of EcoStruxure Hybrid DCS), and SCADAPack RemoteConnect for x70, all versions, that could cause protected derived function blocks to be read or modified by unauthorized users when accessing a project file.
- Record
GHSA-cpxg-749c-f5cf- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-22778 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Schneider-electric Ecostruxure Control Expert, published July 14, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.22%, the 12th percentile. No source names a fixed version.