CVE-2026-81824 PUBLISHED

AVEVA Pipeline Integrity Monitor cross-site scripting

Assigner: icscert
Reserved: 27.08.2026 Published: 08.09.2026 Updated: 08.09.2026

The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow a miscreant to run arbitrary JavaScript code in a browser session of a PIMBoards user who was socially engineered to click on a malicious link.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:H
CVSS Score: 6.3

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	Low
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	None	Integrity	High
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	None	Availability	High
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Active

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.7

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Changed
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	Low
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	Required	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	AVEVA
Product	Pipeline Integrity Monitor
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to Versions 2025 SP1 P1 (build 7.1.9580.8513) (incl.)

Workarounds

AVEVA recommends the following general defensive measures: * Restrict Network Access: Implement host-based and/or network firewall controls on all nodes hosting the PIMBoards API to ensure that only trusted client systems are permitted to establish connections. * Apply strong Access Control Lists to all folders storing project files to ensure only trusted users have read-access. * Maintain a trusted chain-of-custody on project files during creation, modification, distribution, backups, and use.

Solutions

AVEVA Pipeline Simulation media delivers AVEVA Pipeline Integrity Monitor: * All affected versions can be fixed by upgrading to AVEVA Pipeline Integrity Monitor 2025 SP1 P2 or higher:

https://softwaresupportsp.aveva.com/en-US/downloads/products/details/021a26a7-200f-44eb-8cc9-cd57b7e349aa

Credits

Adham Khairy Ramadan discovered and reported this vulnerability to AVEVA through a private HackerOne bug bounty program. finder

References

https://www.aveva.com/content/dam/aveva/documents/support/cyber-security-updates/SecurityBulletin_AVEVA-2026-006.pdf

Problem Types

CWE-79 Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') CWE