CVE-2023-46096
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS neo (All versions < V4.1). The PUD Manager of...
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS neo (All versions < V4.1). The PUD Manager of affected products does not properly authenticate users in the PUD Manager web service. This could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to generate a privileged token and upload additional documents.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS neo (All versions < V4.1). The PUD Manager of affected products does not properly authenticate users in the PUD Manager web service. This could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to generate a privileged token and upload additional documents.
- Record
CVE-2023-46096- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-50357
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS neo (All versions < V4.1). The PUD Manager of affected products does not properly authenticate users in the PUD Manager web service. This could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to generate a privileged token and upload additional documents.
- Record
EUVD-2023-50357- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rx8q-grjm-x4p7
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS neo (All versions < V4.1). The PUD Manager of...
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS neo (All versions < V4.1). The PUD Manager of affected products does not properly authenticate users in the PUD Manager web service. This could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to generate a privileged token and upload additional documents.
- Record
GHSA-rx8q-grjm-x4p7- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC PCS neo (All versions < V4.1). The PUD Manager of affected products does not properly authenticate users in the PUD Manager web service. This could allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to generate a privileged token and upload additional documents.
- Record
CVE-2023-46096- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-46096 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Siemens Simatic Pcs Neo, published November 14, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 24th percentile. No source names a fixed version.