Vulnerability · Published Sep 16, 2026 · Assigned by Nozomi

CVE-2026-73169

Medium 6.3

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A medium-severity cross-site scripting in EKI-1242EIMS from Advantech. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)6.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Nozomi Networks Labs identified a CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the Modbus transaction management interface of Advantech EKI-1242EIMS in firmware version V1.06.01 that allows a remote authenticated attacker to store malicious script content that executes in the browser of any administrator who later opens an affected management page.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Advantech	EKI-1242IEIMS	0 – through 1.06.01
Advantech	EKI-1242EIMS	0 – through 1.06.01

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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Affected products (as reported)

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