CVE-2023-1049 — A CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerabilit

A CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability exists that could cause execution of malicious code when an unsuspicious user loads a project file from the local filesystem into the HMI.

01What is this vulnerability?

A CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability exists that could cause execution of malicious code when an unsuspicious user loads a project file from the local filesystem into the HMI.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Schneider Electric	EcoStruxure™ Operator Terminal Expert	3.3 SP1 and prior
Schneider Electric	Pro	face BLUE — 3.3 SP1 and prior

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

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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: 2023-06-14T07:27:59.794Z
• Last modified: 2025-01-02T20:43:15.380Z

09References

• download.schneider-electric.com — https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SEVD-2023-164-01&p_enDoc…