Vulnerability · Published Jun 5, 2023 · Assigned by icscert

CVE-2023-32540

High 7.2

In plain English

A high-severity code injection in WebAccess/SCADA from Advantech. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In Advantech WebAccss/SCADA v9.1.3 and prior, there is an arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability, which could allow an attacker to overwrite any file in the operating system (including system files), inject code into an XLS file, and modify the file extension, which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Advantech WebAccess/SCADA 0 – through v9.1.3

Weakness: CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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