Check Point Advisories

Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley CompactLogix Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2016-2279)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2018-1030
Date Published: 31 Oct 2018
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Thursday 01 November, 2018
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2016-2279
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? 1769-L16ER-BB1B, Version 27.011 and earlier, 1769-L18ER-BB1B, Version 27.011 and earlier
1769-L18ERM-BB1B, Version 27.011 and earlier, 1769-L24ER-QB1B
Version 27.011 and earlier, 1769-L24ER-QBFC1B
Version 27.011 and earlier, 1769-L27ERM-QBFC1B, Version 27.011 and earlier
1769-L30ER Version 27.011 and earlier, 1769-L30ERM, Version 27.011 and earlier
1769-L30ER-NSE, Version 27.011 and earlier
1769-L33ER Version 27.011 and earlier, 1769-L33ERM, Version 27.011 and earlier, 1769-L36ERM, Version 27.011 and earlier
1769-L23E-QB1B, Version 20.018 and earlier (Discontinued June 2016), and 1769-L23E-QBFC1B, Version 20.018 and earlier
Vulnerability Description A cross site scripting vulnerability has been reported in Rockwell Scada System. The vulnerability is due to lack of sanitization of user supplied input data. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser session in the context of the vulnerable system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley CompactLogix Cross-Site Scripting protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  SCADA Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley CompactLogix Cross-Site Scripting

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