CVE-2016-2279

Compactlogix 1769 L16er Bb1b Firmware vulnerability

CVSS

6.1

EPSS

7.5%

EPSS pct

94th

Exploited

No known

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web server in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley CompactLogix 1769-L* before 28.011+ allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Affected vendor

Rockwellautomation

Affected product

Compactlogix 1769 L16er Bb1b Firmware

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Published

2016-03-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 7.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-2279

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Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-2279.
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