title: Pavilion8 Security Misconfiguration Vulnerability
description:
The JMX Console within the Rockwell Automation Pavilion8 is exposed to application users and does not require authentication. If exploited, a malicious user could potentially retrieve other application users’ session data and or log users out of their session.
problem types: CWE-287 Improper Authentication
affected:
{
defaultStatus: unaffected
product: Pavilion8
vendor: Rockwell Automation
versions:
status: affected, version: <5.20
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: NETWORK
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 8.8
baseSeverity: HIGH
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: HIGH
privilegesRequired: LOW
scope: UNCHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
version: 3.1
]
format: CVSS
scenarios: GENERAL
solutions:
Risk Mitigation & User Action
Customers using the affected software are encouraged to apply the risk mitigations, if possible. Additionally, we encourage customers to implement our suggested security best practices to minimize the risk of vulnerability.  *  Update to v5.20
*   QA43240 - Recommended Security Guidelines from Rockwell Automation https://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1085012
If customers are unable to update to v5.20, please follow the instructions below to disable the vulnerability in v5.17.  *  Open the web.xml file in your Pavilion8® installation folder set during installation and go to Console\container\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF, by default this would be under C:\Pavilion\Console\container\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF.
*  Search for the text jmx-console-action-handler and delete the below lines from web.xml file:
<servlet>
<servlet-name>jmx-console-action-handler</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>com.pav.jboss.jmx.HtmlAdaptorServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>jmx-console-action-handler</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/jmx-console/HtmlAdaptor</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
*  Save the changes and close the file.
*  Restart Pavilion8® Console Service.
*  Logout and log back into the console and navigate to the URL http:// <FQDN>/jmx-console to confirm you are getting the error message HTTP Status 404 – Not Found.
Note: <FQDN> is your fully qualified domain name used for the Console login.