Local parameter tampering via malformed input
Published Jul 10, 2025 · Updated Jun 4, 2026
Improper input validation in Emerson ValveLink products before 14.0 allows local users to tamper with parameters through malformed data. The published advisory does not identify the affected component, input field, or validation operation that accepts the malformed data. Exploitation requires local system access and high complexity, and its documented consequence is integrity loss without confidentiality or availability impact.
Summary
What happened
Improper input validation in Emerson ValveLink products before 14.0 allows local users to tamper with parameters through malformed data. The published advisory does not identify the affected component, input field, or validation operation that accepts the malformed data. Exploitation requires local system access and high complexity, and its documented consequence is integrity loss without confidentiality or availability impact.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-53471
- Published
- Jul 10, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 4, 2026
- Vendor
- Emerson Electric Co.
- Product
- ValveLink DTM
- Classifications
- CWE-20, T1565.001
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 10, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 4, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <ValveLink 14.0
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