# CVE-2024-7513: Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® View Site Edition Code Execution Vulnerability via File Permissions

> Attackers can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by exploiting improper default file permissions in Rockwell FactoryTalk View Site Edition.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 15 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6cpv-q9vf-2h3j

## What is CVE-2024-7513?

CVE-2024-7513 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition, published on 14 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

CVE-2024-7513 IMPACT

A code execution vulnerability exists in the affected product. The vulnerability occurs due to improper default file permissions allowing any user to edit or replace files, which are executed by account with elevated permissions.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7513?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rockwellautomation Factorytalk View.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7513?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7513 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7513 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7513 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-2024-7513 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7513 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition, published on 14 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7513 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-2024-7513/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7513/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7513
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7513
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7513

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7513/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.