Cross-site scripting in Siemens SINEC NMS
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC NMS (All versions < V2.0). The affected application improperly sanitizes certain SNMP configuration data retrieved from monitored devices. An attacker with access to a monitored device could prepare a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attack that may lead to unintentional modification of application data by legitimate users.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA SINEC NMS (Siemens) Fixed in V2.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Siemens SINEC NMS V2.0
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2022-12684 Incorrect permission assignment in Siemens SINEC NMSPriority LOW 35
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-44315
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cp45-gw5c-9989
References
More Siemens Sinec Nms vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-17490 mod_proxy SSRF KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
- TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- 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-2021-13105 SQL injection in Siemens SINEC NMS CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2023-44315 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-44315 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cp45-gw5c-9989 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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