Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform Elevated Privileges Vulnerability

published 2023-10-27 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-50514

cvss: 8.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 5.1%; EPSS 5.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits: 0; none known

Due to inadequate code logic, a previously unauthenticated threat actor could potentially obtain a local Windows OS user token through the FactoryTalk® Services Platform web service and then use the token to log in into FactoryTalk® Services Platform . This vulnerability can only be exploited if the authorized user did not previously log in into the FactoryTalk® Services Platform web service.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

rockwellautomation factorytalk_services_platform 2.80

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-23-299-06 updated 2023-10-26 cvss 8.1

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Services Platform v2.74
affected: fixed in V2.80, mitigation “For more information see Rockwell Automation's security advisory.” rockwellautomation.custhelp.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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 20 mo ago (2025-02-26)

Exploit prediction

5.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Services Platform

Classification

Weakness

CWE-287 Improper Authentication

References

rockwellautomation.custhelp.com /app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1141165
permissions-required, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-46290
NVD CVE-2023-46290

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Summary