CVE-2023-5987
Published: 15 November 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-5987 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Schneider-Electric Ecostruxure Power Monitoring Expert. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 30.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-58254
Vulnerability details
A CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Cross-site Scripting) vulnerability that could cause a vulnerability leading to a cross site scripting condition where attackers can have a victim’s browser run arbitrary JavaScript when they visit a page…
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containing the injected payload.
- 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.