Siemens SCALANCE up to 4.4 Input Field injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Siemens SCALANCE up to 4.4 and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Input Field Handler. Such manipulation leads to injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-44373. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Siemens SCALANCE up to 4.4. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Input Field Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Affected devices do not properly sanitize an input field. This could allow an authenticated remote attacker with administrative privileges to inject code or spawn a system root shell. Follow-up of CVE-2022-36323.

The weakness was shared 11/14/2023 as ssa-699386. The advisory is shared for download at cert-portal.siemens.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-44373 since 09/28/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/14/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1055.

Upgrading to version 4.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Injection
CWE: CWE-74 / CWE-707 / CWE-20
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: SCALANCE 4.5

Timelineinfo

09/28/2023 🔍
11/14/2023 +47 days 🔍
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04/14/2026 +882 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: siemens.com

Advisory: ssa-699386
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-44373 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-44373
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-245144

Entryinfo

Created: 11/14/2023 12:50
Updated: 04/14/2026 12:12
Changes: 11/14/2023 12:50 (50), 06/11/2024 12:42 (15), 04/14/2026 12:12 (14)
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