CVE-2022-3158 — Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk VantagePoint versions 8

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk VantagePoint versions 8.0, 8.10, 8.20, 8.30, 8.31 are vulnerable to an input validation vulnerability. The FactoryTalk VantagePoint SQL Server lacks input validation when users enter SQL statements to retrieve information from the back-end database

01What is this vulnerability?

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk VantagePoint versions 8.0, 8.10, 8.20, 8.30, 8.31 are vulnerable to an input validation vulnerability. The FactoryTalk VantagePoint SQL Server lacks input validation when users enter SQL statements to retrieve information from the back-end database. If successfully exploited, this could allow a user with basic user privileges to perform remote code execution on the…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / FactoryTalk VantagePoint	8.0, 8.10, 8.20, 8.30, 8.31

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-05-14T18:11:50.528Z

09References

• rockwellautomation.custhelp.com — https://rockwellautomation.custhelp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1137043