CVE-2023-0228 — Improper Authentication vulnerability in ABB Symphony Plus S+ Operations

Improper Authentication vulnerability in ABB Symphony Plus S+ Operations.This issue affects Symphony Plus S+ Operations: from 2.X through 2.1 SP2, 2.2, from 3.X through 3.3 SP1, 3.3 SP2.

01What is this vulnerability?

Improper Authentication vulnerability in ABB Symphony Plus S+ Operations.This issue affects Symphony Plus S+ Operations: from 2.X through 2.1 SP2, 2.2, from 3.X through 3.3 SP1, 3.3 SP2.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
ABB	Symphony Plus S+ Operations	2.x, 2.2, 3.x, 3.3 SP2

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-03-02T01:44:01.106Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-05T20:45:30.761Z

09References

• search.abb.com — https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=7PAA006722&LanguageCode=…