ICSA-22-349-06: Siemens SIMATIC WinCC OA Ultralight Client

CISA's summary

Summary: SIMATIC WinCC OA contains an argument injection vulnerability that could allow an authenticated remote attacker to inject arbitrary parameters, when starting the Ultralight Client via the web interface (e.g., open attacker chosen panels with the attacker's credentials or start a Ctrl script). Siemens has released updates for several affected products and recommends to update to the latest versions. Siemens is preparing further updates and recommends specific countermeasures for products where updates are not, or not yet available.

Products, as the advisory lists them

DeSpy has not checked any unit, hardware revision or firmware.

Vulnerabilities in this advisory

• CVE-2022-44731 — CVE-2022-44731 · CWE-88

  The affected component allows to inject custom arguments to the Ultralight Client backend application under certain circumstances. This could allow an authenticated remote attacker to inject arbitrary parameters when starting the client via the web interface (e.g., open attacker chosen panels with the attacker's credentials or start a Ctrl script).

Acknowledgments, as the advisory lists them

• Siemens ProductCERT: reporting this vulnerability to CISA.

The advisory's legal notice

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Sources

• The advisory at cisa.gov
• The CSAF document (JSON)

DeSpy's copy of this version is dated 2026-09-28.