CVE-2023-38255
Published: 18 September 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-38255 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Socomec Modulys Gp Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 27.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-42075
Vulnerability details
A potential attacker with or without (cookie theft) access to the device would be able to include malicious code (XSS) when uploading new device configuration that could affect the intended function of the device.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.