CVE-2023-31175 is a critical Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability affecting the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5037 SEL Grid Configurator versions prior to 4.5.0.20. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely execute arbitrary system commands with the highest level of privilege. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability poses a severe risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability). There is currently no public exploit code or active exploitation observed, and community discussion is minimal, despite some media coverage.
| 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:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.