CVE-2023-27855 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2023-27855

Rockwell Automation ThinManager ThinServer Path Traversal Upload

Vulnerability Description

In affected versions, a path traversal exists when processing a message in Rockwell Automation's ThinManager ThinServer. An unauthenticated remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to upload arbitrary files to any directory on the disk drive where ThinServer.exe is installed. The attacker could overwrite existing executable files with attacker-controlled, malicious contents, potentially causing remote code execution.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Security researchers from Tenable reported this to Rockwell Automation.

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Affected Vendor

Rockwell Automation

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Affected Software

ThinManager ThinServer
Vulnerable Versions:
6.x - 10.x, 11.0.0 - 11.0.5, 11.1.0 - 11.1.5, 11.2.0 - 11.2.6, 12.0.0 - 12.0.4, 12.1.0 - 12.1.5, 13.0.0 - 13.0.1

Timeline

Official Publish: March 21st, 2023
Last Modified: February 25th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1552 Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access
T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation
Impact