CVE-2023-31173 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5037 SEL Grid Configurator on Windows, specifically versions prior to 4.5.0.20. This flaw stems from the use of hard-coded credentials (CWE-798), allowing an attacker to bypass authentication mechanisms. With a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.4, the vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with low attack complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.5.0.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:selinc:sel-5037_sel_grid_configurator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.