CVE-2023-27981 — A CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory vulnerabil

A CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory vulnerability exists in Custom Reports that could cause a remote code execution when a victim tries to open a malicious report. Affected Products: IGSS Data Server(IGSSdataServer.exe)(V16.0.0.23040 and prior),

01What is this vulnerability?

A CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory vulnerability exists in Custom Reports that could cause a remote code execution when a victim tries to open a malicious report. Affected Products: IGSS Data Server(IGSSdataServer.exe)(V16.0.0.23040 and prior), IGSS Dashboard(DashBoard.exe)(V16.0.0.23040 and prior), Custom Reports(RMS16.dll)(V16.0.0.23040 and prior).

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Schneider Electric	IGSS Data Server(IGSSdataServer.exe)	V
Schneider Electric	IGSS Dashboard (DashBoard.exe)	V
Schneider Electric	Custom Reports (RMS16.dll)	V

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: 2023-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-05T20:05:37.369Z

09References

• download.schneider-electric.com — https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SEVD-2023-073-04&p_enDoc…