CVE-2023-5516
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.004 · 31 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Poorly constructed webap requests and URI components with special characters trigger unhandled errors and exceptions, disclosing information about the underlying technology and other sensitive information details. The website unintentionally reveals sensitive information including technical details like version Info, endpoints, backend server, Internal IP. etc., which can potentially expose additional attack surface containing other interesting vulnerabilities.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
No vendor fix yet; a mitigation is available.
- MitigationeSOMScisa_csaf_ot
Hitachi Energy recommends updating eSOMS to a fixed version when available.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (4)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- ICSA-23-313-02Hitachi Energy eSOMS2023-11-09icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to disclose sensitive information related to eSOMS application configuration.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (4)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-5516/cnnvd
- https://publisher.hitachienergy.com/preview?DocumentId=8DBD000175&languageCode=en&Preview=truecnnvd
- https://publisher.hitachienergy.com/preview?DocumentId=8DBD000175&languageCode=en&Preview=trueenisa_euvd
- https://publisher.hitachienergy.com/preview?DocumentId=8DBD000175&languageCode=en&Preview=trueVendor Advisorynvd
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