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CVE-2023-4487

GE Digital CIMPLICITY Process Control

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 5, 2023 at 10:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:37 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsCIMPLICITYCIMPLICITY

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

GE CIMPLICITY 2023 is by a process control vulnerability, which could allow a local attacker to insert malicious configuration files in the expected web server execution path to escalate privileges and gain full control of the HMI software.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

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Source: [email protected]
https://digitalsupport.ge.com/s/article/GE-Digital-CIMPLICITY-Privilege-Escalation-Vulnerability
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-243-02

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHicscert
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-114

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