Stored script execution via Administration Console
Published Nov 14, 2023 · Updated Jan 8, 2025
Stored XSS in the Administration Console of Siemens SIMATIC PCS neo before 4.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute JavaScript. Siemens has not disclosed which Administration Console field stores the payload or the specific missing neutralization operation. Exploitation requires high privileges, adjacent-network access, and a legitimate user to load the stored payload, enabling browser-context data access or modification and potentially interrupting the console.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in the Administration Console of Siemens SIMATIC PCS neo before 4.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute JavaScript. Siemens has not disclosed which Administration Console field stores the payload or the specific missing neutralization operation. Exploitation requires high privileges, adjacent-network access, and a legitimate user to load the stored payload, enabling browser-context data access or modification and potentially interrupting the console.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-46099
- Published
- Nov 14, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 8, 2025
- Vendor
- Siemens
- Product
- SIMATIC PCS neo
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Nov 14, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 8, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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