CVE-2024-12476

Code execution via unrestricted XML external entities

Published Jan 17, 2025 · Updated Feb 12, 2025

XXE in Schneider Electric Web Designer for four Modicon modules, all versions, allows attackers to execute code via a crafted XML project. The configuration-tool importer parses project XML while allowing external entity references to resolve resources outside the project. A user must import the attacker-supplied project; exploitation can disclose data, alter the workstation, or execute code.

CVSS severity8.4
High
EPSS probability0.28%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

XXE in Schneider Electric Web Designer for four Modicon modules, all versions, allows attackers to execute code via a crafted XML project. The configuration-tool importer parses project XML while allowing external entity references to resolve resources outside the project. A user must import the attacker-supplied project; exploitation can disclose data, alter the workstation, or execute code.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-12476
Published
Jan 17, 2025
Updated
Feb 12, 2025
Vendor
Distributed Data Systems
Product
Web Designer for BMENOC0311(C)
Classifications
CWE-611, T1204.002
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jan 17, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=All Versions

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Distributed Data Systems · Web Designer for BMENOC0311(C)version=All Versions
Distributed Data Systems · Web Designer for BMXNOR0200Hversion=All versions
Distributed Data Systems · Web Designer for BMENOC0321(C)version=All Versions
Distributed Data Systems · Web Designer for BMXNOE0110(H)version=All versions

Published CVSS scores

8.4Schneider ElectricCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.8Schneider ElectricCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
T1204.002User Execution: Malicious File

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