What is CVE-2017-12698?

CVE-2017-12698 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Advantech Webaccess, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-08-30.

How severe is CVE-2017-12698?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Advantech Webaccess

CVE-2017-12698

An Improper Authentication issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess versions prior to V8.2_20170817. Specially crafted requests allow a possible authentication bypass that could allow remote code execution.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.052 (90.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Advantech Webaccess
N/a Advantech Webaccess — versions Advantech WebAccess

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12698?: CVE-2017-12698 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Advantech Webaccess, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-08-30.
How severe is CVE-2017-12698?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.