Unauthorized writes via unchecked query permissions
Published Mar 14, 2023 · Updated Feb 27, 2025
Missing authorization in Siemens RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW before 5.2 allows remote authenticated users to perform unauthorized write actions. The client query handler accepts specific write queries without verifying that the authenticated account has the required permissions. An authenticated account with network access to the handler can therefore alter application data beyond its assigned permissions; Siemens has not disclosed the affected query names.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in Siemens RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW before 5.2 allows remote authenticated users to perform unauthorized write actions. The client query handler accepts specific write queries without verifying that the authenticated account has the required permissions. An authenticated account with network access to the handler can therefore alter application data beyond its assigned permissions; Siemens has not disclosed the affected query names.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-27309
- Published
- Mar 14, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 27, 2025
- Vendor
- Siemens
- Product
- RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1078
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 14, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=All versions < V5.2
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