🛡️ CVE-2022-29880 — 7kg8500-0aa00-0aa0-firmware

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
• Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
• Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-29880 is classified as CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS). User-supplied data is written into a page without escaping, so attacker script runs in the browser of anyone who views it.

Affected software

CVE-2022-29880 is recorded against 36 packages.

• 7kg8500-0aa00-0aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)
• 7kg8500-0aa00-2aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)
• 7kg8500-0aa10-0aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)
• 7kg8500-0aa10-2aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)
• 7kg8500-0aa30-0aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)
• 7kg8500-0aa30-2aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)
• 7kg8501-0aa01-0aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)
• 7kg8501-0aa01-2aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)
• 7kg8501-0aa02-0aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)
• 7kg8501-0aa02-2aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)
• 7kg8501-0aa11-0aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)
• 7kg8501-0aa11-2aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)
• 7kg8501-0aa12-0aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)
• 7kg8501-0aa12-2aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)
• 7kg8501-0aa31-0aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)
• 7kg8501-0aa31-2aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)
• 7kg8501-0aa32-0aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)
• 7kg8501-0aa32-2aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)
• 7kg8550-0aa00-0aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)
• 7kg8550-0aa00-2aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)
• 7kg8550-0aa10-0aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)
• 7kg8550-0aa10-2aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)
• 7kg8550-0aa30-0aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)
• 7kg8550-0aa30-2aa0-firmware (fixed in 3.00)

Timeline and source

Published on 20 May 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

cert-portal.siemens.com
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cert-portal.siemens.com

Other advisories for this package

7kg8500-0aa00-0aa0-firmware has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2022-41665 (9.8 Critical, published 11 Oct 2022)
• CVE-2022-40226 (7.5 High, published 11 Oct 2022)
• CVE-2022-29879 (4.3 Medium, published 20 May 2022)
• CVE-2022-29878 (7.5 High, published 20 May 2022)
• CVE-2022-29877 (6.5 Medium, published 20 May 2022)
• CVE-2022-29876 (7.1 High, published 20 May 2022)
• CVE-2022-29883 (5.3 Medium, published 20 May 2022)
• CVE-2022-29874 (8.8 High, published 20 May 2022)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS)) in other software:

• CVE-2011-4924 (published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-1000482 (published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-20182 (published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2021-3988 (published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2014-0157 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2017-1000426 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2018-25045 (published 6 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2013-2209 (published 6 Jul 2026)

Details

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