Webaccess
CVE-2018-15703
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Advantech WebAccess 8.3.2 and below is vulnerable to multiple reflected cross site scripting vulnerabilities. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. Advantech WebAccess 8.3.2 and below is vulnerable to multiple reflected cross site scripting vulnerabilities. A remote unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability by tricking a victim to supply malicious HTML or JavaScript code to WebAccess, which is then reflected back to the victim and executed by the web browser. Affected products include: Advantech Webaccess.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Advantech WebAccess 8.3.2 and below is vulnerable to multiple reflected cross site scripting vulnerabilities. A remote unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability by tricking a victim to supply malicious HTML or JavaScript code to WebAccess, which is then reflected back to the victim and executed by the web browser.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the uploadImageCommon function in the UploadAjaxAction script in the WebAccess
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Advantech WebAccess before 8.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in unspecified DLL files in Advantech WebAccess before 8.0.1 allow remote attacker
A Stack-based Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess versions prior to V8.2_20170817. Rated medium
upAdminPg.asp in Advantech WebAccess before 8.1_20160519 allows remote authenticated administrators to obtain sensitive
Advantech WebAccess before 8.4.3 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of
Stack-based buffer overflow in Advantech WebAccess/SCADA 8.4.1 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbi
Stack-based buffer overflow in Advantech WebAccess/SCADA 8.4.0 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbi
Stack-based buffer overflow in Advantech WebAccess/SCADA 8.4.0 allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbi
The VBWinExec function in Node\AspVBObj.dll in Advantech WebAccess 8.3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS
Advantech WebAccess 8.3.2 and below is vulnerable to a stack buffer overflow vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.
Advantech WebAccess 8.3.4 allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via IOCTL 10005 RPC. Rated
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