CVE-2017-7969

8.8 HIGH
Published: September 26, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2017-173-01/
Source: cybersecurity@se.com
Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99913
Source: cybersecurity@se.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/safety-and-security-central/36-security-notifications/9071-security-notification-citect-anywhere
Source: cybersecurity@se.com
Issue Tracking Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2017-173-01/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99913
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.citect.schneider-electric.com/safety-and-security-central/36-security-notifications/9071-security-notification-citect-anywhere
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.6%
45th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-352

Affected Vendors

schneider-electric

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