CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
18.3%
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to retrieve other user’s sessions data.
The following versions of Rockwell Automation Pavilion8, a model predictive control software, are affected:
3.2.1 IMPROPER AUTHENTICATION CWE-287
The JMX Console within the Pavilion is exposed to application users and does not require authentication. If exploited, a malicious user could retrieve other application users’ session data and or log users out of their sessions.
CVE-2023-29463 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Rockwell Automation reported these vulnerabilities to CISA.
Rockwell Automation recommends customers apply the following mitigations:
Rockwell Automation encourages customers using the affected software are encouraged to apply the risk mitigations, if possible and to implement the suggested security best practices to minimize the risk of vulnerability.
If customers are unable to update to v5.20, please follow the instructions below to disable the vulnerability in v5.17.
For more information, see Rockwell Automation’s Security Advisory.
CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability, such as:
CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov/ics. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets.
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B–Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.
Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
No known public exploitation specifically targeting this vulnerability has been reported to CISA at this time.
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