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GHSA-WH8V-PH87-C4FH

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-16 03:30 – Updated: 2026-01-16 03:30

Details

The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow an authenticated miscreant (Process Optimization Standard User) to tamper with queries in Captive Historian and achieve code execution under SQL Server administrative privileges, potentially resulting in complete compromise of the SQL Server.

Severity ?

8.4 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

9.3 (Critical)


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

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CVE-2025-61943 (GCVE-0-2025-61943)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-16 00:09 – Updated: 2026-01-16 15:06

Title

AVEVA Process Optimization SQL Injection

Summary

Severity ?

8.4 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

9.3 (Critical)


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

CWE

CWE-89

Assigner

icscert

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.aveva.com/en/support-and-success/cybe…
	https://softwaresupportsp.aveva.com/en-US/downloa…
	https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/i…
	https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	AVEVA	Process Optimization	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2024.1 (custom)

Credits

Christopher Wu of Veracode reported these vulnerabilities to AVEVA.

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GHSA-WH8V-PH87-C4FH

CVE-2025-61943 (GCVE-0-2025-61943)

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