CVE-2023-6409
CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability exists that could cause unauthorized access to a project file protected with application password when opening the file with EcoStruxure Control Expert.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability exists that could cause unauthorized access to a project file protected with application password when opening the file with EcoStruxure Control Expert.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.7 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.23% probability · 14th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Affected
- schneider-electric/ecostruxure control expert · schneider-electric/ecostruxure process expert
- Source
- cybersecurity@se.com
EPSS 0.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SEVD-2024-044-01&p_enDocType=Security+and+Safety+Notice&p_File_Name=SEVD-2024-044-01.pdfVendor Advisory
- https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SEVD-2024-044-01&p_enDocType=Security+and+Safety+Notice&p_File_Name=SEVD-2024-044-01.pdfVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.