CVE-2022-3186
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedDataprobe iBoot-PDU FW versions prior to 1.42.06162022 contain a vulnerability where the affected product allows an attacker to access the device’s main management page from the cloud. This feature enables users to remotely connect devices, however, the current implementation permits users to access other device's information.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysisThe application fails to correctly restrict what a user can do or reach, so functions or resources are available to people who should not have them. Attackers simply probe for the paths where the check is missing or wrong. The fix is to enforce access-control decisions consistently on every request, evaluated against the acting user rather than assumed from context.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 1.42.06162022< 1.42.06162022< 1.42.06162022< 1.42.06162022< 1.42.06162022< 1.42.06162022< 1.42.06162022< 1.42.06162022CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped1.42.06162022
Firmware version 1.42.06162022 or later
- 1. Identify the specific iBoot PDU model (e.g., Iboot Pdu4 N20, Iboot Pdu8a N15, etc.) from the affected product list
- 2. Access the device's web-based management interface or console
- 3. Navigate to the firmware version or system information section to confirm the current firmware version
- 4. If the current firmware version is earlier than 1.42.06162022, obtain the updated firmware from Dataprobe's official support channels or the vendor's website
- 5. Follow the vendor's documented firmware update procedure to upload and apply the new firmware file
- 6. After the update completes, verify that the firmware version now shows 1.42.06162022 or later
- 7. Test the cloud management feature to confirm the access control issue is resolved and users can no longer access other devices' information
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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