CVE-2023-31166
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
An Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow a remote authenticated attacker to create folders in arbitrary paths of the file system.
See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
An Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow a remote authenticated attacker to create folders in arbitrary paths of the file system.
See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details.
- Record
CVE-2023-31166- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-35482
An Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow a remote authenticated attacker to create folders in arbitrary paths of the file system.
See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details.
- Record
EUVD-2023-35482- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5g6v-28xg-q6hr
An Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability...
An Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow a remote authenticated attacker to create folders in arbitrary paths of the file system.
See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details.
- Record
GHSA-5g6v-28xg-q6hr- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow a remote authenticated attacker to create folders in arbitrary paths of the file system.
See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details.
- Record
CVE-2023-31166- CVSS 3.1
- 4.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- schweitzer engineering laboratories sel-2241 rtac module
- schweitzer engineering laboratories sel-3350
- schweitzer engineering laboratories sel-3505
- schweitzer engineering laboratories sel-3505-3
- schweitzer engineering laboratories sel-3530
- schweitzer engineering laboratories sel-3530-4
- schweitzer engineering laboratories sel-3532
- schweitzer engineering laboratories sel-3555
- schweitzer engineering laboratories sel-3560e
- schweitzer engineering laboratories sel-3560s
- selinc sel-2241 rtac module firmware
- selinc sel-3350 firmware
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-2023-31166 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.1) in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Sel-2241 Rtac Module, published May 10, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.59%, the 48th percentile. No source names a fixed version.