CVE-2022-31484
User Account Deletion Unauthenticated
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Carrier
Description
An unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted network packet to delete a user from the web interface. This vulnerability impacts products based on HID Mercury Intelligent Controllers LP1501, LP1502, LP2500, LP4502, and EP4502 which contain firmware versions prior to 1.29. The impact of this vulnerability is that an unauthenticated attacker could restrict access to the web interface to legitimate users and potentially requiring them to use the default user dip switch procedure to gain access back.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Carrier
- 14 days later
· 14 days later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CarrierCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 35% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected ALL – < 1.29
- affected ALL – < 1.29
- affected ALL – < 1.29
- affected ALL – < 1.29
- affected ALL – < 1.29
- affected ALL – < 1.29
- affected ALL – < 1.29
- affected ALL – < 1.29
- affected ALL – < 1.29
- affected ALL – < 1.29
- affected ALL – < 1.29
- affected ALL – < 1.29
- affected ALL – < 1.29
- affected ALL – < 1.29
What to do
Solution: Update to the latest version of firmware
Workaround: Disable the controller's Web Server. When the controller is configured to disable web access, you cannot remotely login into the controller’s web page. 1. Login to controller web pages 2. Go to “Users” Tab 3. Near bottom of the Users page, check option to “Disable Web Server” 4. Then select “Submit” at the bottom of the page 5. Then select “Apply Settings” tab 6. And on that page, select button “Apply Settings, Reboot” The Controller will apply the new setting and reboot. Web login will be disabled until switch 1 is physically turned ON, on the controller.
References (1)
- https://www.corporate.carrier.com/product-security/advisories-resources/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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