7.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
6.8 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.2%
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious code in the application.
The following versions of PTC Codebeamer, an application lifecycle management platform, are affected:
PTC Codebeamer is vulnerable to a cross site scripting vulnerability that could allow an attacker to inject and execute malicious code.
CVE-2024-3951 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L).
A CVSS v4 score has also been calculated for CVE-2024-3951. A base score of 5.1 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L).
Marek Holka (ETAS) reported this vulnerability to PTC.
PTC released the following resolutions:
For more information, see PTC’s customer support article.
CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability, such as:
CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
CISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage on cisa.gov/ics. Several CISA products detailing cyber defense best practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
CISA encourages organizations to implement recommended cybersecurity strategies for proactive defense of ICS assets.
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage at cisa.gov/ics in the technical information paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B–Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.
Organizations observing suspected malicious activity should follow established internal procedures and report findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
CISA also recommends users take the following measures to protect themselves from social engineering attacks:
No known public exploitation specifically targeting this vulnerability has been reported to CISA at this time.
web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2024-3951
web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2024-3951
cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
github.com/cisagov/CSAF
public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCISA/subscriber/new?topic_id=USDHSCISA_138
support.ptc.com/appserver/auth/it/esd/product.jsp?prodFamily=CBM
support.ptc.com/appserver/auth/it/esd/product.jsp?prodFamily=CBM
support.ptc.com/appserver/auth/it/esd/product.jsp?prodFamily=CBM
twitter.com/CISAgov
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us-cert.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf
www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/ics-recommended-practices
www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Cybersecurity_Best_Practices_for_Industrial_Control_Systems.pdf
www.cisa.gov/topics/industrial-control-systems
www.cisa.gov/topics/industrial-control-systems
www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-10-301-01
www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/tips/ICS-TIP-12-146-01B
www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/tips/ST04-014
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7.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
6.8 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.2%