CVE-2017-12698

critical

Published 2017-08-30 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2

7.5

VIR risk

9.8

Description

An Improper Authentication issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess versions prior to V8.2_20170817. Specially crafted requests allow a possible authentication bypass that could allow remote code execution.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
advantech	webaccess	`{"endIncluding":"8.2"}`

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100526
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-241-02
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100526
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-241-02

CWEs

CWE-287

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.