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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.

CVSS 7.5 · HighBuzz score 20.4

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Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 20.4

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Buzz score components · mention 13.9 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
13.9
3 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
6.5
2 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
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Why it matters now

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Evidence

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  • A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! · Experts propose a new variation of the Spectre attack to recover data from […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comMay 27, 2018, 8:31 AM
  • 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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