A CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability exists that could cause account takeover when a brute fo…

published 2023-04-18 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-46416

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
public exploits: 0; none known

A CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability exists that could cause account takeover when a brute force attack is performed on the account.

Affected Products: NetBotz 4 - 355/450/455/550/570 (V4.7.0

and prior)

Patch / fix

links 1

download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SEVD-2022-312-01&p_enDocType=Security+and+… advisory

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 21 mo ago (2025-02-05)

Exploit prediction

0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Schneider Electric NetBotz 4 - 355/450/455/550/570

Classification

Weakness

CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

References

download.schneider-electric.com /files?p_Doc_Ref=SEVD-2022-312-01&p_enDocType=Security+and+Safety+Notice&p_File_Name=SEVD-2022-312-01-NetBotz_
patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-43377
NVD CVE-2022-43377

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Summary