# CVE-2022-1704: Inductive Automation Ignition

> An attacker can exploit an XML External Entity vulnerability in the backup restore feature to read sensitive files or execute code.

- **Severity:** High 7.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wj9q-g585-77cq

## What is CVE-2022-1704?

CVE-2022-1704 is a high-severity vulnerability in Inductive Automation Ignition, published on 5 Aug 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Due to an XML external entity reference, the software parses XML in the backup/restore functionality without XML security flags, which may lead to a XXE attack while restoring the backup.

Weakness: CWE-611 (Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1704?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Inductiveautomation Ignition.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-1704?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1704 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-1704 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1704 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Inductive Automation Ignition

- [CVE-2023-39475](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39475/): Deserialization in Ignition (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-39476](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39476/): Deserialization in Ignition (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-35890](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35890/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-39473](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39473/): Deserialization in Ignition (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-50218](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50218/): Inductive Automation Ignition ModuleInvoke Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-1704 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-1704 is a high-severity vulnerability in Inductive Automation Ignition, published on 5 Aug 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1704 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Inductive Automation Ignition. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1704/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1704/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1704
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1704
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1704

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1704/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.