CVE detail
CVE-2018-7783
Schneider Electric SoMachine Basic prior to v1.6 SP1 suffers from an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability using the DTD parameter entities technique resulting in disclosure and retrieval of arbitrary data on the affected node via out-of-band (OOB) attack. The vulnerability is triggered when input passed to the xml parser is not sanitized while parsing the xml project/template file.
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Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 13.9 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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newssecurityaffairs.comMay 27, 2018, 8:31 AM - CVE-2018-7783 flaw in Schneider SoMachine Basic can be exploited to read arbitrary files on the targeted systemSecurity Affairs
Schneider Electric issued a security update for its EcoStruxure Machine Expert (aka SoMachine Basic) product that addresses a high severity vulnerability, tracked CVE-2018-7783, that could be exploited by a remote and unauthenticated attacker to obtain sensitive data. “SoMachine Basic suffers from an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability using the DTD parameter entities technique resulting in disclosure and […]
newssecurityaffairs.comMay 26, 2018, 6:42 AM Schneider Electric this week announced that an update for its EcoStruxure Machine Expert product patches a high severity vulnerability that can be exploited remotely to obtain sensitive data.
newswww.securityweek.comMay 25, 2018, 11:21 AM
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