Critical severity · published Dec 16, 2023
CVE-2021-42796
An issue was discovered in ExecuteCommand() in AVEVA Edge (formerly InduSoft Web Studio) versions R2020 and prior that allows unauthenticated arbitrary commands to be executed
9.8
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in ExecuteCommand() in AVEVA Edge (formerly InduSoft Web Studio) versions R2020 and prior that allows unauthenticated arbitrary commands to be executed.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ED
Edge · Aveva
before 2020; 2020; 2020; 2020 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42796
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-42796
Product
https://www.aveva.com/en/products/edge/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-22-326-01
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