How severe is CVE-2022-2561?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of HIGH with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2022-2561?

This is classified as CWE-502, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2022-2561 - HIGH Severity | CVSS 7.8

Vulnerability Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of OPC Labs QuickOPC 2022.1. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the processing of XML files in Connectivity Explorer. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in deserialization of untrusted data. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-16596.

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