Supcon InPlant SCADA up to 20230901 Project.xml weak password hash

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Supcon InPlant SCADA up to 20230901. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the file Project.xml. This manipulation causes weak password hash. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-4986. The attack is restricted to local execution. Moreover, an exploit is present. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Supcon InPlant SCADA up to 20230901 (SCADA Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the file Project.xml. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a weak password hash vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-916. The product generates a hash for a password, but it uses a scheme that does not provide a sufficient level of computational effort that would make password cracking attacks infeasible or expensive. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality.

The weakness was disclosed 09/15/2023. The advisory is shared at drive.google.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-4986. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

It is possible to download the exploit at drive.google.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. By approaching the search of inurl:Project.xml it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-54816). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 2.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 2.4

VulDB Base Score: 2.5
VulDB Temp Score: 2.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Weak password hash
CWE: CWE-916 / CWE-326 / CWE-310
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/15/2023 🔍
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06/18/2025 +642 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: drive.google.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-4986 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-4986
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-239797
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 09/15/2023 08:25
Updated: 06/18/2025 18:40
Changes: 09/15/2023 08:25 (42), 10/12/2023 09:12 (2), 10/12/2023 09:15 (27), 06/18/2025 18:40 (16)
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Submitter: 01dgu0
Cache ID: 216::103

Submitinfo

Accepted

  • Submit #202313: Supcon's InPlant SCADA product has an engineering file password bypass vulnerability (by 01dgu0)

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