Privilege escalation in Schneider Electric C-Bus Toolkit

CVE-2023-5402

A CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management vulnerability exists that could cause a remote code execution when the transfer command is used over the network.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 49.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2023-5402: held from 0.007 to 0.007.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5402?
CVE-2023-5402 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Schneider Electric C-Bus Toolkit, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-10-04.
How severe is CVE-2023-5402?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-5402 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.