FactoryTalk® ViewPoint XXE to Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
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Product Description
FactoryTalk ViewPoint is a mobile-ready extension of FactoryTalk View that enables secure, browser-based access to HMI graphics, trends, and alarms from FactoryTalk View SE and PanelView Plus applications, allowing users to monitor and interact with systems remotely without installing client software.
Affected products and solution
Affected Product |
CVE |
Affected Software Version |
Corrected in Version |
Affected Catalog Numbers |
Panel View Plus 7 Terminal |
CVE-2025-9066 |
Version 14 and prior |
-Panel View Plus 7 Standard and Panel View Plus 7 Performance Series A v12 ,v13, v14 patch AID BF30506 (firmware fix)
-Panel View Plus 7 Performance Series B V14.103 |
2711P-xxx22x9P, 2711P-xxx22x9P-B, 2711P-xxx22x9PK, 2711P-Txx22D9P-BSHK, 2711P-T12W22D9P-BMxxx |
Security Issue Details
Category |
Details |
CVE ID |
CVE-2025-9066 |
Impact |
A security issue was discovered within FactoryTalk® ViewPoint, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve XXE. Certain SOAP requests can be abused to perform XXE, resulting in a temporary denial-of-service. |
CVSS 3.1 Base Score |
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CVSS 4.0 Base Score |
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CWEs |
CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference |
Known Exploited Vulnerability |
No (Not listed in KEV database) |
Glossary:
· XXE: XML External Entity, a vulnerability that allows attackers to interfere with an applications XML Processing by exploiting external entity references
· SOAP: Simple Object Access Protocol, a messaging protocol used for exchanging structured information in web services over HTTP or other protocols
· XML: a markup language used to encode documents that can be read by both humans and machines
· HMI: (Human-Machine Interface) Used for industrial automation, serving as the vital link between human operators and the technology they use
Mitigations and Workarounds
Customers using the affected software, who are not able to upgrade to one of the corrected versions, should use our security best practices.
Revision History
Revision |
Date |
Description |
1.0 |
October 14,, 2025 |
Initial release |
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