CVE-2023-46098
Siemens Simatic Pcs Neo ≤ 4.1
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2023-46098 is a high-severity Permissive Cross-domain Security Policy with Untrusted Domains (CWE-942) vulnerability in Siemens Simatic Pcs Neo. Its CVSS base score is 8.0 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Steganography (T1001.002); ranked at the 48th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-50359
Vulnerability Data
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS neo (All versions < V4.1). When accessing the Information Server from affected products, the products use an overly permissive CORS policy. This could allow an attacker to trick a legitimate user to…
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Vulnerability identification processes can surface permissive policy misconfigurations.
Hardened configuration baselines and reviews directly prevent permissive CSP or cross-domain policies.
Secure SDLC activities include review and testing of web security policies to avoid untrusted domains.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Network security policies can restrict cross-domain communication but do not specifically mandate strict CSP or cross-domain policy configuration.
Security of network services includes defining allowed endpoints, which can limit untrusted domains but does not directly address web-client policy files.
Web filtering can block untrusted domains at the network level, partially mitigating permissive cross-domain policies.
A.8.26 only requires that security requirements (including resilience against attacks such as injections) be identified and specified during development or acquisition; it does not itself enforce, implement, or configure any cross-domain policy, CSP, or domain whitelist that would stop exploitation of a permissive policy allowing untrusted domains.
A.8.27 mandates security-by-design, defense-in-depth, least-privilege, assume-breach, distrust-external-input, and explicit review against known attack patterns (including permissive cross-domain policies); this stops exploitation in many but not all cases (e.g. when the policy is supplied by a third-party component or when the review misses a novel untrusted domain).
Secure coding practices require proper configuration of CSP and cross-domain policies to avoid untrusted domains.