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CVE-2023-2161

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-2161 is an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE) vulnerability affecting Schneider Electric's OPC Factory Server. A local attacker can exploit this flaw by loading a malicious configuration file, leading to unauthorized read access to the file system. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has low attack complexity and requires local access, but can result in high confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.63CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:opc_factory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.63CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:opc_factory_server:3.63:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.0MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
6.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0017 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

download.schneider-electric.com / files
Vendor Advisory