CVE-2023-2161 (GCVE-0-2023-2161)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-05-16 04:31
Modified
2025-01-22 21:45
Severity ?
5.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Summary
A CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability exists that could cause unauthorized read access to the file system when a malicious configuration file is loaded on to the software by a local user. 
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Schneider Electric OPC Factory Server (OFS) Version: Versions prior to V3.63SP2
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