CVE-2023-46590 (GCVE-0-2023-46590)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-14 11:04 – Updated: 2025-12-16 18:23
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Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in Siemens OPC UA Modelling Editor (SiOME) (All versions < V2.8). Affected products suffer from a XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to interfere with an application's processing of XML data and read arbitrary files in the system.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2023-11-18 05:00 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Assigner
siemens CNA under the icscert root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 99 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Siemens Siemens OPC UA Modelling Editor (SiOME) Affected: All versions < V2.8
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