CVE-2022-4333
Sprecher: Sprecon maintenance access with hardcoded credentials
Hardcoded Credentials in multiple SPRECON-E CPU variants of Sprecher Automation allows an remote attacker to take over the device. These accounts should be deactivated according to Sprecher's hardening guidelines.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Sprecher: Sprecon maintenance access with hardcoded credentials
Hardcoded Credentials in multiple SPRECON-E CPU variants of Sprecher Automation allows an remote attacker to take over the device. These accounts should be deactivated according to Sprecher's hardening guidelines.
- Record
CVE-2022-4333- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-51686
Hardcoded Credentials in multiple SPRECON-E CPU variants of Sprecher Automation allows an remote attacker to take over the device. These accounts should be deactivated according to Sprecher's hardening guidelines.
- Record
EUVD-2022-51686- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-539f-5h6r-p5pf
Hardcoded Credentials in multiple SPRECON-E CPU variants of Sprecher Automation allows an remote...
Hardcoded Credentials in multiple SPRECON-E CPU variants of Sprecher Automation allows an remote attacker to take over the device. These accounts should be deactivated according to Sprecher's hardening guidelines.
- Record
GHSA-539f-5h6r-p5pf- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Hardcoded Credentials in multiple SPRECON-E CPU variants of Sprecher Automation allows an remote attacker to take over the device. These accounts should be deactivated according to Sprecher's hardening guidelines.
- Record
CVE-2022-4333- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- sprecher automation sprecon-e cpu mc33/34
- sprecher automation sprecon-e cpu pu243x
- sprecher automation sprecon-e cpu pu244x
- sprecher automation sprecon-e cpu sprecon-edir
- sprecher-automation sprecon-e-c firmware
- sprecher-automation sprecon-e-p dl6-1 firmware
- sprecher-automation sprecon-e-p dq6-1 firmware
- sprecher-automation sprecon-e-p ds6-0 firmware
- sprecher-automation sprecon-e-t3 firmware
- sprecher-automation sprecon-e-tc ax-3110 firmware
- sprecher-automation sprecon-e ap-2200 firmware
- sprecher-automation sprecon-e cp-2131 firmware
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History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-4333 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Sprecher Automation Sprecon-e Cpu Mc33/34, published June 1, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.86%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.