CVE-2024-21915

highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.010 · 62 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.99% (62nd) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisa_csaf_ot

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Service Platform (FTSP). If exploited, a malicious user with basic user group privileges could potentially sign into the software and receive FTSP Administrator Group privileges. A threat actor could potentially read and modify sensitive data, delete data and render the FTSP system unavailable.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

No vendor fix yet; a mitigation is available.

MitigationFactoryTalk Service Platformcisa_csaf_ot
Rockwell Automation encourages users with the affected software to apply the risk mitigations, if possible. Additionally, they encourage customers to implement Rockwell Automation suggested security best practices to minimize the risk of vulnerability.
https://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1085012/loc/en_US#__highlight

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.1–9

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · CISA US

v3.19criticalAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · PSIRT@rockwellautomation.comexploitability 2.2 · impact 6

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-732USprimaryCWE-279USCWE-279USCWE-732US

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Service Platform: <v2.74all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Service Platform< v2.74cisa_csaf_otUS
Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Service Platformall versionsenisa_euvdEU
Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Service Platform≤ <v2.74enisa_euvdEU
Rockwell Automation Inc. FactoryTalk Services Platform≤ 2.74fstec_bduRU
rockwellautomation factorytalk services platform< 2.74nvdUScpe:2.3:a:rockwellautomation:factorytalk_services_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-0403Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk: Schwachstelle ermöglicht PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2024-02-15csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.
ICSA-24-046-16Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Service Platform2024-02-15icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow malicious users with basic user group privileges to receive administrator group privileges.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cisa_csaf_ot nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-02-16modified 2026-06-17

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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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