# CVE-2024-7988: ThinManager® ThinServer™ Information Disclosure and Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

> Attackers can execute arbitrary code with System privileges by overwriting files due to improper input validation in Rockwell ThinServer.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 26 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p997-wfmc-cvcj

## What is CVE-2024-7988?

CVE-2024-7988 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in Rockwell Automation ThinManager® ThinServer™, published on 26 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Rockwell Automation ThinManager® ThinServer™ that allows a threat actor to execute arbitrary code with System privileges. This vulnerability exists due to the lack of proper data input validation, which allows files to be overwritten.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7988?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rockwellautomation Thinmanager Thinserver.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7988?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7988 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7988 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7988 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Rockwell Automation ThinManager® ThinServer™

- [CVE-2023-2917](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2917/): Rockwell Automation ThinManager Thinserver Software Vulnerable to Input Validation Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-7987](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7987/): Rockwell Automation ThinManager® ThinServer™ Information Disclosure and Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2023-2914](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2914/): Rockwell Automation ThinManager Thinserver Software Vulnerable to Input Validation Vulnerabilitiy (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-2915](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2915/): Rockwell Automation ThinManager Thinserver Software Vulnerable to Input Validation Vulnerability (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7988 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7988 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in Rockwell Automation ThinManager® ThinServer™, published on 26 Aug 2024. 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-2024-7988 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Rockwell Automation ThinManager® ThinServer™. 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-2024-7988/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7988/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7988
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7988
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7988

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7988/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.