FKIE_CVE-2026-73169

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-16 13:18 - Updated: 2026-09-23 11:10
Severity
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Summary
Nozomi Networks Labs identified a CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the Modbus transaction management interface of Advantech EKI-1242EIMS in firmware version V1.06.01 that allows a remote authenticated attacker to store malicious script content that executes in the browser of any administrator who later opens an affected management page.
References
prodsec@nozominetworks.comhttps://advcloudfiles.advantech.com/cms/5dafee28-ad53-4d07-a328-7896fcc24b6e/Security%20Advisory%20PDF%20File/SECURITY-ADVISORY----EKI-1242IEIMS-updated-20260904.pdf
prodsec@nozominetworks.comhttps://www.nozominetworks.com/labs/vulnerability-advisories-cve-2026-73169
Impacted products
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  "lastModified": "2026-09-23T11:10:00.187",
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