CVE-2022-42176 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In PCTechSoft PCSecure V5.0.8.xw, use of Hard-coded Credentials in configuration files leads to admin panel access.

Published: 2022-10-20

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pctechsoft:pcsecure:5.0.8.xw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45253	In PCTechSoft PCSecure V5.0.8.xw, use of Hard-coded Credentials in configuration files leads to admin panel access.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00122.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/soy-oreocato/CVE-2022-42176
https://github.com/soy-oreocato/CVE-Advisories/tree/main/PapiQuieroPollo00

History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00079}`	epss `{'score': 0.00087}`

Thu, 08 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Pctechsoft Pcsecure

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-10-20T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-08T15:41:23.765Z

Reserved: 2022-10-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42176

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:03:45.686Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-20T15:15:10.157

Modified: 2025-05-08T16:15:22.300

Link: CVE-2022-42176

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-798

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