TN-5916 Series Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published: November 25, 2022

This Alert Is From MOXA

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The TN-5916 Series contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to gain administrative privileges. By editing the cookie’s values, an attacker can change their privilege from a regular user to an administrator and submit it back to the site..

The identified vulnerability types and potential impacts are shown below:

Item Vulnerability Type Impact
1 Cookie Modification Privilege Escalation Vulnerability A remote attacker could gain administrative privileges.

 

This alert has come from: https://www.moxa.com/en/support/product-support/security-advisory/tn-5916-series-privilege-escalation-vulnerability