CVE-2016-2279

6.1 MEDIUM

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web server in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley CompactLogix 1769-L* before 28.011+ allow...

Published: 2016-03-02 · Last updated: 2026-06-03

Severity and scoring

CVSS: 6.1 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE: CWE-79

Affected products

Vendor	Product
rockwellautomation	compactlogix_1756-en2f_series_a_firmware, compactlogix_1756-en2f_series_b_firmware, compactlogix_1756-en2t_series_a_firmware

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web server in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley CompactLogix 1769-L* before 28.011+ allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Source: NVD

References

[NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2279
[Other]http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035190
[Other]https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-061-02
[Exploit reference]https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44626/
[Other]http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035190
[Other]https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-061-02
[Exploit reference]https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44626/

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