Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Inductive Automation Ignition



Risk Medium
Patch available NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-50218
CWE-ID CWE-502
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Ignition
Server applications / SCADA systems

Vendor Inductive Automation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data

EUVDB-ID: #VU84609

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-50218

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data within the ModuleInvoke class. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Ignition: All versions

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1813/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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