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medium 6.1

CVE-2016-2279 json

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

published 2016-03-02 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-3363

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.6%
EPSS 7.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSA-16-061-02 updated cvss 6.1

Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley CompactLogix Reflective Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (Update A)

  • Rockwell Automation 1756-EN2F Series A Rockwell Automation 1756-EN2F Series B Rockwell Automation 1756-EN2T Series A Rockwell Automation 1756-EN2T Series B Rockwell Automation 1756-EN2T Series C Rockwell Automation 1756-EN2T Series D <=10.007
    +17 more products
    Rockwell Automation 1756-EN2TR Series A Rockwell Automation 1756-EN2TR Series B Rockwell Automation 1756-EN3TR Series A Rockwell Automation 1769-L16ER-BB1B <=27.011 Rockwell Automation 1769-L18ER-BB1B <=27.011 Rockwell Automation 1769-L18ERM-BB1B <=27.011 Rockwell Automation 1769-L23E-QB1B <=20.018 Rockwell Automation 1769-L23E-QBFC1B <=20.018 Rockwell Automation 1769-L24ER-QB1B <=27.011 Rockwell Automation 1769-L24ER-QBFC1B <=27.011 Rockwell Automation 1769-L27ERM-QBFC1B <=27.011 Rockwell Automation 1769-L30ER <=27.011 Rockwell Automation 1769-L30ER-NSE <=27.011 Rockwell Automation 1769-L30ERM <=27.011 Rockwell Automation 1769-L33ER <=27.011 Rockwell Automation 1769-L33ERM <=27.011 Rockwell Automation 1769-L36ERM <=27.011
    affected: mitigation “Rockwell Automation recommends that users of 1769-L23E-QB1B migrate to 1769-L24ER-BB1B and users of 1769-L23E-QBFC1B migrate to 1769-L24ER-QBFC1B.” compatibility.rockwellautomation.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

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-44626)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
5 mo ago

Exploit prediction

7.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-44626 Rockwell Scada System 27.011 - Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2018-05-16

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CNA 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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