Rockwell Automation Incorrect Privileges and Path Traversal Vulnerability in Pavilion8®
Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-269Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
The Rockwell Automation affected product contains a vulnerability that allows a threat actor to view sensitive information and change settings. The vulnerability exists due to having an incorrect privilege matrix that allows users to have access to functions they should not.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00452 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Pavilion8® (Rockwell Automation): V5.20
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Pavilion8® (Rockwell Automation) Fixed in V5.20
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-7960
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xj5f-4vpp-mxhf
References
More Rockwell Pavilion8 vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-13842 Pavilion8 Security Misconfiguration Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-07380 Rockwell Automation Path Traversal Vulnerability in Pavilion8® CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2024-05972 Rockwell Automation Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Pavilion8® CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2024-27035 Rockwell Automation Pavilion8® Unencrypted Data Vulnerability via HTTP protocol CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2024-7960 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-7960 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xj5f-4vpp-mxhf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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