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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-14 11:04 – Updated: 2025-12-16 18:23
VLAI
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
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