FactoryTalk® View Site Edition Remote Code Execution Vulnerability via Lack of Input Validation

Published Date: 9/12/2024
Last Updated: 9/12/2024
Revision Number: 1.0
CVSS Score: v3.1: 9.8/10, v4.0: 9.2/10

The security of our products is important to us as your chosen industrial automation supplier. This anomaly was found internally during routine testing and is being reported based on our commitment to customer transparency and to improve their business or production environments.

AFFECTED PRODUCTS AND SOLUTION

VULNERABILITY DETAILS

Rockwell Automation used the latest version of the CVSS scoring system to assess the following vulnerabilities.

CVE-2024-45824 IMPACT

A remote code vulnerability exists in the affected products. The vulnerability occurs when chained with Path Traversal, Command Injection, and XSS Vulnerabilities and allows for full unauthenticated remote code execution. The link in the mitigations section below contains patches to fix this issue.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 4.0 Base Score: 9.2
CVSS 4.0 Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE:  CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command
Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) database: No

Mitigations and Workarounds
Customers using the affected software are encouraged to apply the risk mitigations, if possible.

·         Navigate to the following link and apply patches

·         For information on how to mitigate Security Risks on industrial automation control systems, we encourage customers to implement our suggested security best practices

Customers can use Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

·         JSON CVE-2024-45824