Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-31238

Medium

Published: 13 June 2023

Published
13 June 2023
Modified
09 December 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0011 29.5th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-31238 is a medium-severity Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource (CWE-732) vulnerability in Siemens Q200 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 29.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability has been identified in SICAM P850 (7KG8500-0AA00-0AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P850 (7KG8500-0AA00-2AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P850 (7KG8500-0AA10-0AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P850 (7KG8500-0AA10-2AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P850 (7KG8500-0AA30-0AA0) (All versions <…

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V3.11), SICAM P850 (7KG8500-0AA30-2AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P850 (7KG8501-0AA01-0AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P850 (7KG8501-0AA01-2AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P850 (7KG8501-0AA02-0AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P850 (7KG8501-0AA02-2AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P850 (7KG8501-0AA11-0AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P850 (7KG8501-0AA11-2AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P850 (7KG8501-0AA12-0AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P850 (7KG8501-0AA12-2AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P850 (7KG8501-0AA31-0AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P850 (7KG8501-0AA31-2AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P850 (7KG8501-0AA32-0AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P850 (7KG8501-0AA32-2AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P855 (7KG8550-0AA00-0AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P855 (7KG8550-0AA00-2AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P855 (7KG8550-0AA10-0AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P855 (7KG8550-0AA10-2AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P855 (7KG8550-0AA30-0AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P855 (7KG8550-0AA30-2AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P855 (7KG8551-0AA01-0AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P855 (7KG8551-0AA01-2AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P855 (7KG8551-0AA02-0AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P855 (7KG8551-0AA02-2AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P855 (7KG8551-0AA11-0AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P855 (7KG8551-0AA11-2AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P855 (7KG8551-0AA12-0AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P855 (7KG8551-0AA12-2AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P855 (7KG8551-0AA31-0AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P855 (7KG8551-0AA31-2AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P855 (7KG8551-0AA32-0AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM P855 (7KG8551-0AA32-2AA0) (All versions < V3.11), SICAM T (All versions < V3.0). Affected devices are missing cookie protection flags when using the default settings. An attacker who gains access to a session token can use it to impersonate a legitimate application user.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

siemens
q200 firmware
≤ 2.70

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-732

Procedures support proper permission assignment for critical resources through documented controls.

addresses: CWE-732

Attribute management for resources provides a mechanism to assign and maintain correct permissions based on security labels.

addresses: CWE-732

Prevents overly permissive assignments to critical resources by limiting to task needs.

addresses: CWE-732

Training policy covers correct permission assignment, reducing the ability to exploit incorrect permission assignments for critical resources.

addresses: CWE-732

Training on permission management reduces incorrect permission assignments for critical resources.

addresses: CWE-732

Audit logs and logging tools are critical resources whose protection requires correct permission assignments to block unauthorized actions.

addresses: CWE-732

Assessments review permission assignments on critical resources to confirm correctness, mitigating exploitation via incorrect permissions.

addresses: CWE-732

Certification includes checking that permissions on critical resources are correctly assigned.

References