Cross-site scripting in Siemens SINEMA Server V14
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in SINEMA Server V14 (All versions). The affected application improperly sanitizes certain SNMP configuration data retrieved from monitored devices. An attacker with access to a monitored device could perform a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attack that may lead to arbitrary code execution with `SYSTEM` privileges on the application server. (ZDI-CAN-19823)
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-35796
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8w38-353q-pxjf
- 2026-10-23 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Siemens Sinema Server vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-17490 mod_proxy SSRF KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
- TI-2021-16656 ap_escape_quotes buffer overflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-13795 NULL pointer dereference in httpd core CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-02413 NULL pointer deref in signature_algorithms processing CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
- TI-2020-15474 Path traversal in Siemens SINEC NMS CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2014-02184 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the integrated web server in Siemens SINEMA… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2023-35796 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-35796 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8w38-353q-pxjf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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