XXE in Schneider-Electric Somachine Basic
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.
Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (75.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Schneider-Electric Somachine Basic
- Schneider Electric Se Somachine Basic — versions SoMachine Basic prior to v1.6 SP1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.schneider-electric.com/en/download/document/SEVD-2018-142-01/ (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-7783?
- CVE-2018-7783 is a high-severity vulnerability in Schneider-Electric Somachine Basic, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-07-03.
- How severe is CVE-2018-7783?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.