# CVE-2023-46289: Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® View Site Edition Vulnerable to Improper Input Validation

> Attackers can send malicious data to cause a denial-of-service condition in Rockwell FactoryTalk View Site Edition, requiring a restart.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Oct 2023
- **Updated:** 27 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pc6g-crww-hwrf

## What is CVE-2023-46289?

CVE-2023-46289 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® View Site Edition , published on 27 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition insufficiently validates user input, which could potentially allow threat actors to send malicious data bringing the product offline. If exploited, the product would become unavailable and require a restart to recover resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-46289?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rockwellautomation Factorytalk View.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-46289?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-46289 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-46289 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-46289 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® View Site Edition 

- [CVE-2023-2071](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2071/): FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-45824](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45824/): FactoryTalk® View Site Edition Remote Code Execution Vulnerability via Lack of Input Validation (critical 9.2)
- [CVE-2020-12029](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12029/): Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View SE (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2024-4609](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4609/): Rockwell Automation Datalog Function within in FactoryTalk® View SE contains SQL Injection Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-9064](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9064/): Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Path Traversal (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-46289 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-46289 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® View Site Edition , published on 27 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-46289 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® View Site Edition . 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-2023-46289/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46289/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-46289
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46289
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-46289

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46289/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.