AVEVA InTouch Access Anywhere versions 2020 R2 and older are vulnerable to a path traversal exploit that could allow an unauthenticated user with network access to read files on the system outside of the secure gateway web server.
CVE-2022-23854
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-12-23. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 98.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
December 23, 2022
Last Modified
February 13, 2025
References (6)
- ics-cert@hqhttps://crisec.de/advisory-aveva-intouch-access-anywhere-secure-gateway-path-traversal
- ics-cert@hqhttps://www.aveva.com/content/dam/aveva/documents/support/cyber-security-updates/SecurityBulletin_AVEVA-2023-001_r.pdf
- ics-cert@hqhttps://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-342-02
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://crisec.de/advisory-aveva-intouch-access-anywhere-secure-gateway-path-traversal
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.aveva.com/content/dam/aveva/documents/support/cyber-security-updates/SecurityBulletin_AVEVA-2023-001_r.pdf
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-342-02
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Publicly available exploits
(2 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-51028First seen Nov 11, 2022
AVEVA InTouch Access Anywhere Secure Gateway 2020 R2 - Path Traversal
Open source ↗ - Nucleihttp/cves/2022/CVE-2022-23854.yamlFirst seen Jan 1, 2022
AVEVA InTouch Access Anywhere Secure Gateway - Local File Inclusion
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