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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-2161
CVE-2023-2161:
Schneider Electric OPC Factory Server vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2023-2161 is a CWE-611 vulnerability related to Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference that could potentially allow unauthorized read access to files (NVD). The vulnerability was disclosed on May 16, 2023.
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as an XML External Entity (XXE) Reference vulnerability, identified as CWE-611. This type of vulnerability occurs when XML input containing a reference to an external entity is processed by a weakly configured XML parser (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could potentially allow unauthorized read access to files on the affected system (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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