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CVE-2022-23854

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2022-12-23
  • Fixed in2020
  • WeaknessCWE-22 · CWE-23

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Description

AVEVA InTouch Access Anywhere versions 2020 R2 and older are vulnerable to a path traversal exploit that could allow an unauthenticated user with network access to read files on the system outside of the secure gateway web server.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-11-11Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-04 09:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Aveva intouch access anywhere
BranchAffectedFixed in
2020.x< 20202020
2020.x= 2020no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As icscert, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • AVEVA InTouch Access Anywhereother versions: not affected
    Affected
    • ≤ 2020 R2no fix statedcustom

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2024-01-19

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Vendor advisories

  • ICSA-22-342-02 CISA2 known affected

    AVEVA InTouch Access Anywhere and Plant SCADA Access Anywhere

    InTouch Access Anywhere - Versions 2023 and prior · Plant SCADA Access Anywhere - Versions 2020 R2 and prior

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Aveva intouch access anywhere to 2020
  2. Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-22-342-02 · 2 productsInTouch Access Anywhere Secure Gateway 2020 R2 (version 20.1.0) Hotfix.
  3. Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-22-342-02 · 2 productsInTouch Access Anywhere Secure Gateway 2020b (version 20.0.1) Hotfix.

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-51028
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published
2022-12-23
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-ccvr-7m85-7g88

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23854?

AVEVA InTouch Access Anywhere versions 2020 R2 and older are vulnerable to a path traversal exploit that could allow an unauthenticated user with network access to read files on the system outside of the secure gateway web server.

Is CVE-2022-23854 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-23854 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 49.7% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-23854?

CVE-2022-23854 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

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