CVE-2021-22282 (GCVE-0-2021-22282)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-02-02 06:38
Modified
2025-06-17 21:29
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VLAI Severity ?
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CWE
- CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Summary
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in B&R Industrial Automation Automation Studio allows Local Execution of Code.This issue affects Automation Studio: from 4.0 through 4.12.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B&R Industrial Automation | Automation Studio |
Version: 4.0 < |
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