U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a new OpenPLC ScadaBR flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added an OpenPLC ScadaBR flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-26828 (CVSS Score of 8.7), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
The vulnerability is an unrestricted upload of file with dangerous type vulnerability.
“OpenPLC ScadaBR through 0.9.1 on Linux and through 1.12.4 on Windows allows remote authenticated users to upload and execute arbitrary JSP files via view_edit.shtm.” reads the advisory.
Early this week, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added another OpenPLC ScadaBR flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-26829 (CVSS score of 5.4), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
The vulnerability is a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw that impacts Windows and Linux versions via system_settings.shtm. The vulnerability impacts OpenPLC ScadaBR through 1.12.4 on Windows and OpenPLC ScadaBR through 0.9.1 on Linux.
According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, FCEB agencies have to address the identified vulnerabilities by the due date to protect their networks against attacks exploiting the flaws in the catalog.
Experts also recommend that private organizations review the Catalog and address the vulnerabilities in their infrastructure.
CISA orders federal agencies to fix the vulnerabilities by December 24, 2025.
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