CVE-2017-7969

Description

A cross-site request forgery vulnerability exists on the Secure Gateway component of Schneider Electric's PowerSCADA Anywhere v1.0 redistributed with PowerSCADA Expert v8.1 and PowerSCADA Expert v8.2 and Citect Anywhere version 1.0 for multiple state-changing requests. This type of attack requires some level of social engineering in order to get a legitimate user to click on or access a malicious link/site containing the CSRF attack.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.13%
Vendor Advisory schneider-electric.com Vendor Advisory schneider-electric.com
Affected: Schneider Electric SE PowerSCADA Anywhere
Affected: Schneider Electric SE Citect Anywhere
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99913 vdb entry third party advisory
https://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/safety-and-security-central/36-security-notifications/9071-security-notification-citect-anywhere issue tracking patch mitigation vendor advisory
http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2017-173-01/ patch vendor advisory mitigation

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-7969?
CVE-2017-7969 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-7969?
To fix CVE-2017-7969, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-7969 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-7969 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2017-7969?
CVE-2017-7969 affects Schneider Electric SE PowerSCADA Anywhere, Schneider Electric SE Citect Anywhere.
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