Overly permissive cross-domain whitelist in Siemens products - CVE-2023-46281

 

Overly permissive cross-domain whitelist in Siemens products - CVE-2023-46281

Published: December 13, 2023 / Updated: December 13, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU84369
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46281
CWE-ID: CWE-942
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Opcenter Quality
SINUMERIK Integrate RunMyHMI /Automotive
Totally Integrated Automation Portal (TIA Portal)
User Management Component (UMC)
SIMATIC PCS neo
Software vendor:
Siemens

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass the CORS protection mechanism.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of the "Origin" HTTP header that is supplied within HTTP request. A remote attacker can supply arbitrary value via the "Origin" HTTP header, bypass implemented CORS protection mechanism and perform cross-site scripting attacks against the vulnerable application.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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