Rockwell Automation ThinManager Thinserver Software Vulnerable to Input Validation Vulnerability

published 2023-08-17 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-34361

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 81.8%; EPSS 81.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits: 1; Metasploit

The Rockwell Automation Thinmanager Thinserver is impacted by an improper input validation vulnerability, Due to improper input validation, a path traversal vulnerability exists when the ThinManager software processes a certain function. If exploited, an unauthenticated remote threat actor can delete arbitrary files with system privileges. A malicious user could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specifically crafted synchronization protocol message resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-23-234-03 updated 2023-08-22 cvss 7.5

Rockwell Automation ThinManager ThinServer

Rockwell Automation ThinManager ThinServer >= 11.0.0, <= 11.0.6, >= 11.1.0, <= 11.1.6, >= 11.2.0, <= 11.2.6, >= 12.1.0, <= 12.1.6
affected: fixed in 11.0.7, mitigation “Rockwell Automation recommends customers apply the following mitigations:” downloads.thinmanager.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Timeline

2023-08-17 First public exploit (Metasploit auxiliary/admin/networking/thinmanager_traversal_delete)
2023-08-17 Published

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-10-08)

Exploit prediction

81.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

Metasploit auxiliary/admin/networking/thinmanager_traversal_delete ThinManager Path Traversal (CVE-2023-2915) Arbitrary File Delete metasploit auxiliary, normal rank, 2023-08-17

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	3.1	9.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Rockwell Automation ThinManager ThinServer
rockwellautomation thinmanager_thinserver

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

rockwellautomation.custhelp.com /app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1140471
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Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-2915
NVD CVE-2023-2915

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Summary