Revision History
Revision Number
1.0
Revision History
Version 1.0 – October 26, 2023
Executive Summary
The security of our products is important to us as your chosen industrial automation supplier. This vulnerability was found internally during routine testing and is being reported based on our commitment to customer transparency and to improving their business or production environments.
Affected Products
| Affected Product | First Known in Software Version | Corrected in Software Version |
| FactoryTalk® View Site Edition | V11.0 | v11.0 & v12.0 & v13.0 patch |
Vulnerability Details
Rockwell Automation used the latest version of the CVSS scoring system to assess the following vulnerabilities.
CVE-2023-46289 IMPACT
The affected product insufficiently validates user input, which could potentially allow threat actors to send malicious data bringing the product offline. If exploited, the product would become unavailable and require a restart to recover resulting in a denial-of-service condition.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5/10 (High)
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE: CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) database: No
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Risk Mitigation & User Action
Customers using the affected software are encouraged to apply the risk mitigations, if possible. Additionally, we encourage customers to implement our suggested security best practices to minimize the risk of vulnerability.
- Install the patch that remediates the issue: BF29581 - Patch: External Service Interaction (HTTP), FactoryTalk View SE 11.0, 12.0 13.0.
- QA43240 - Recommended Security Guidelines from Rockwell Automation
