# WAGO: Missing Authentication for Critical Function

CVE record · `CVE-2022-45138`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2022-45138`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 9.8 Critical
- **Critical:** Yes: CVSS 9+
- **CNA:** CERTVDE
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-306](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/306.html)
- **Tags:** [Authentication bypass](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/auth-bypass.md)
- **Technologies:** [WAGO Compact Controller CC100 (751-9301)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/wago-compact-controller-cc100-751-9301.md) · [WAGO Edge Controller (752-8303/8000-002)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/wago-edge-controller-752-8303-8000-002.md) · [WAGO PFC100 (750-81xx/xxx-xxx)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/wago-pfc100-750-81xx-xxx-xxx.md) · [WAGO PFC200 (750-82xx/xxx-xxx)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/wago-pfc200-750-82xx-xxx-xxx.md) · [WAGO Touch Panel 600 Advanced Line (762-5xxx)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/wago-touch-panel-600-advanced-line-762-5xxx.md) · [WAGO Touch Panel 600 Marine Line (762-6xxx)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/wago-touch-panel-600-marine-line-762-6xxx.md) · [WAGO Touch Panel 600 Standard Line (762-4xxx)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/wago-touch-panel-600-standard-line-762-4xxx.md)
- **Published:** 27 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 10 Mar 2025
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: CERTVDE) at 27 Feb 2023, 14:36 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Critical

Critical, because:

- CVSS score 9.8: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: WAGO. Product: Compact Controller CC100 (751-9301).
  - affected: `FW16 to before FW22` (custom)
  - unaffected: `FW22 Patch 1`
  - affected: `FW23`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: WAGO. Product: Edge Controller (752-8303/8000-002).
  - affected: `FW18 to before FW22` (custom)
  - unaffected: `FW22 Patch 1`
  - affected: `FW23`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: WAGO. Product: PFC100 (750-81xx/xxx-xxx).
  - affected: `FW16 to before FW22` (custom)
  - unaffected: `FW22 Patch 1`
  - affected: `FW23`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: WAGO. Product: PFC200 (750-82xx/xxx-xxx).
  - affected: `FW16 to before FW22` (custom)
  - unaffected: `FW22 Patch 1`
  - affected: `FW23`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: WAGO. Product: Touch Panel 600 Advanced Line (762-5xxx).
  - affected: `FW16 to before FW22` (custom)
  - unaffected: `FW22 Patch 1`
  - affected: `FW23`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: WAGO. Product: Touch Panel 600 Marine Line (762-6xxx).
  - affected: `FW16 to before FW22` (custom)
  - unaffected: `FW22 Patch 1`
  - affected: `FW23`
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: WAGO. Product: Touch Panel 600 Standard Line (762-4xxx).
  - affected: `FW16 to before FW22` (custom)
  - unaffected: `FW22 Patch 1`
  - affected: `FW23`
  - Other versions: unaffected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 9.8 Critical, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (CERTVDE)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0074, the 55th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 27 Feb 2023. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2022-45138](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-45138)
- [NVD: CVE-2022-45138](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45138)

### References from the CNA

- <https://cert.vde.com/en/advisories/VDE-2022-060/>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

## Check whether this affects you

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- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2022-45138>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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