CVE-2018-7783 is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting Schneider Electric SoMachine Basic versions prior to v1.6 SP1. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to disclose and retrieve arbitrary data from the affected system through an out-of-band attack by exploiting unsanitized XML input in project/template files. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and high confidentiality impact, though it does not affect integrity or availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential impact.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:somachine_basic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.