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CVE-2016-2279

35
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2279 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the web server in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley CompactLogix 1769-L* controllers prior to version 28.011+. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, potentially leading to information disclosure or defacement. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an exploit is available on ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 27.011CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l16er-bb1b_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 27.011CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l18er-bb1b_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 27.011CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l18erm-bb1b_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 27.011CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l24er-qb1b_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 27.011CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:rockwellautomation:compactlogix_1769-l24er-qbfc1b_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-44626 · May 16, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0753 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov / advisories/ICSA-16-061-02
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
exploit-db.com / exploits/44626
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1035190
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry