Acti9 Powertag Link C \(a9xelc10 A\) FirmwareOperating system · Schneider Electric

CVE-2022-34754

MEDIUM · 6.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2022-07-13
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 2.12.0 or later.
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73/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
No privileges Zero-click Patch available

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 · unedited
A CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management vulnerability exists that could allow elevated functionality when guessing credentials. Affected Products: Acti9 PowerTag Link C (A9XELC10-A) (V1.7.5 and prior), Acti9 PowerTag Link C (A9XELC10-B) (V2.12.0 and prior)

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 analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-269

Privileges are granted, or fail to be dropped, incorrectly, so an action runs with more power than it should. An attacker who reaches that path inherits the excess privilege. The fix is least-privilege throughout, with explicit, checked transitions whenever privilege changes.

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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
Acti9 Powertag Link C \(a9xelc10 A\) FirmwareOperating system
Affected:<= 1.7.5
Acti9 Powertag Link C \(a9xelc10 B\) FirmwareOperating system
Affected:<= 2.12.0

CVSS 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
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 2.12.0
Recommended fix Moderate confidence

A9XELC10-A: firmware >1.7.5; A9XELC10-B: firmware >2.12.0 (refer to SEVD-2022-193-03 for exact fixed versions)

  1. 1. Identify the current firmware version of the Acti9 PowerTag Link C device (A9XELC10-A or A9XELC10-B)
  2. 2. Download the firmware update from the Schneider Electric security notification (SEVD-2022-193-03) at the provided download reference
  3. 3. Follow the vendor's instructions in the security notification for applying the firmware update
  4. 4. Verify the firmware has been successfully updated to a version higher than the vulnerable releases
  5. 5. Confirm the vulnerability is remediated by checking the new firmware version
Caveat Review the security notification for any configuration changes or compatibility considerations before upgrading

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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