XXE attack in SEL AcSELerator Architect and SEL Compass - CVE-2018-10600
Published: July 11, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13801
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10600
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
Affected software:
SEL AcSELerator Architect
SEL Compass
SEL AcSELerator Architect
SEL Compass
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct XXE attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the AcSELerator Architect XML parser, conduct XXE attack and retrieve arbitrary data or cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-10600
Update SEL Compass to version 5.0.6.0 or later.
Update SEL AcSELerator to version 2.2.28.0.