CVE-2021-38410
AVEVA PCS Portal Uncontrolled Search Path Element
02 Description
AVEVA PCS Portal Uncontrolled Search Path Element
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 12.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-07-27 20:23Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-04-17 15:49Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-08-10
- Assigning CNA
- icscert
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7faf5179544890eef77ac142c377112ca261d034192190b06d6cb10dfef25d61
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
AVEVA recommends organizations evaluate the impact of this vulnerability based on their operational environment, architecture, and product implementation. Users of affected versions of the products should apply the corresponding security update as soon as possible. Security update PCS 4.5.3 is available for the following versions: AVEVA Mobile Operator 2020 AVEVA Enterprise Data Management 2021 AVEVA System Platform 2020 R2 P01 AVEVA System Platform 2020 R2 AVEVA Work Tasks 2020 Update 1 Security update PCS 4.4.7 is available for the following versions: AVEVA System Platform 2020 AVEVA Work Tasks 2020 AVEVA Manufacturing Execution System 2020 AVEVA Batch Management 2020 For more information on this issue, including security updates, please see Security Bulletin AVEVA-2021-008.