Cross-site request forgery in Schneider Electric PowerSCADA Anywhere
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schneider Electric | PowerSCADA Anywhere | Version 1.0 redistributed with PowerSCADA Expert v8.1 and PowerSCADA Expert v8.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| Schneider Electric | Citect Anywhere | version 1.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- PowerSCADA Anywhere VendorSchneider Electric Affected Version 1.0 redistributed with PowerSCADA Expert v8.1 and PowerSCADA Expert v8.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- Citect Anywhere VendorSchneider Electric Affected version 1.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:powerscada_anywhere:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.0 | Vulnerable | Schneider Electric |
| cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:powerscada_expert:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.1 | Running on | Schneider Electric |
| cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:powerscada_expert:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.2 | Running on | Schneider Electric |
| cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:citect_anywhere:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.0 | Vulnerable | Schneider Electric |
- cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:powerscada_anywhere:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·Schneider Electric
- cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:powerscada_expert:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.1 Running on ·Schneider Electric
- cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:powerscada_expert:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.2 Running on ·Schneider Electric
- cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:citect_anywhere:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·Schneider Electric
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-7969
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gm35-5x3x-4xw9
- 2026-10-31 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Schneider Electric Citect Anywhere vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-05574 Improper certificate validation in Schneider Electric PowerSCADA Anywhere CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2017-05573 A vulnerability exists in Schneider Electric's PowerSCADA Anywhere v1.0 redistributed… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2017-05575 A vulnerability exists in Schneider Electric's PowerSCADA Anywhere v1.0 redistributed… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
Sources
- CVE-2017-7969 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-7969 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gm35-5x3x-4xw9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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