CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-7969

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in the Secure Gateway component of PowerSCADA Anywhere v1.0 affecting multiple state-changing requests. The attack requires a legitimate user to click on a malicious link or site.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability could lead to unauthorized changes in the system, posing a serious threat to data integrity and organizational security.

Recommendation

It is recommended to implement CSRF protection mechanisms and to train users on recognizing malicious links.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS