{"id":66261,"date":"2025-08-29T12:55:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T12:55:59","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-22T19:43:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T01:43:47","slug":"cve-2022-31491-critical-vulnerability-in-voltronic-power-s-viewpower-and-powershield-netguard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2022-31491-critical-vulnerability-in-voltronic-power-s-viewpower-and-powershield-netguard\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2022-31491: Critical Vulnerability in Voltronic Power&#8217;s ViewPower and PowerShield Netguard<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A serious vulnerability has been identified in Voltronic Power&#8217;s ViewPower, ViewPower Pro, and PowerShield Netguard software. The vulnerability, dubbed CVE-2022-31491, potentially puts all systems running these versions at risk of being compromised. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9006-critical-remote-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-tenda-ch22-1-0-0-1\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75380\">vulnerability is a major concern as it allows unauthenticated remote<\/a> attackers to run arbitrary code via an unspecified web interface, regardless of the state or presence of any managed UPS. This opens up a significant risk to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-21432-memory-corruption-vulnerability-resulting-in-potential-system-compromise-or-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75381\">system integrity and data<\/a> security.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2022-31491<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (10.0 CVSS score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27050-memory-corruption-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-and-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74786\">Potential system compromise or data<\/a> leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1154747997\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2022-43110-critical-unauthenticated-remote-system-configuration-vulnerability-in-voltronic-power-viewpower-powershield-netguard\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83096\">Voltronic Power ViewPower<\/a> | up to 1.04-24215<br \/>\nVoltronic Power ViewPower Pro | up to 2.0-22165<br \/>\nPowerShield Netguard | before 1.04-23292<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This exploit takes advantage of a flaw in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24780-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-printcart-web-to-print-product-designer-for-woocommerce\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91243\">web interface of the affected products<\/a>. An attacker can send a specially crafted payload to the web interface, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53763-improper-access-control-in-azure-databricks-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79826\">improperly processed by the system<\/a>. This allows the attacker to execute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32451-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-foxit-reader-leading-to-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74448\">arbitrary code<\/a> on the system, potentially gaining full control over it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1130546972\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. In this case, an HTTP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52797-critical-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability-in-josepsitjar-storymap\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79347\">request is sent with a malicious payload to a vulnerable<\/a> endpoint.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/vulnerable\/endpoint HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{\n&quot;malicious_payload&quot;: &quot;...&quot;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Please note that this is only a conceptual example and real-world exploits can be much more complex and tailored to specific systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most straightforward way to mitigate this vulnerability is by applying the vendor&#8217;s patch. If for some reason this is not feasible, a temporary mitigation could be to use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to detect and block exploit attempts. However, these are only temporary measures and updating the software to a patched version should be a priority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview A serious vulnerability has been identified in Voltronic Power&#8217;s ViewPower, ViewPower Pro, and PowerShield Netguard software. The vulnerability, dubbed CVE-2022-31491, potentially puts all systems running these versions at risk of being compromised. This vulnerability is a major concern as it allows unauthenticated remote attackers to run arbitrary code via an unspecified web interface, regardless [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-66261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66261"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84268,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66261\/revisions\/84268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66261"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=66261"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=66261"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=66261"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=66261"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=66261"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=66261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}