What is CVE-2023-5751?

CVE-2023-5751 is a high-severity vulnerability in Codesys Control Win (Sl), classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-06-04.

How severe is CVE-2023-5751?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Codesys Control Win (Sl)

CVE-2023-5751

A local attacker with low privileges can read and modify any users files and cause a DoS in the working directory of the affected products due to exposure of resource to wrong sphere.

Published 2024-06-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (6.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 6.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Codesys Control Win (Sl) — versions 0
Codesys Development System V3 — versions 0
Codesys Edge Gateway For Windows — versions 0
Codesys Gateway For Windows — versions 0
Codesys Hmi (Sl) — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5751?: CVE-2023-5751 is a high-severity vulnerability in Codesys Control Win (Sl), classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-06-04.
How severe is CVE-2023-5751?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.