# CVE-2023-28003: Auth bypass in EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert

> Attackers can maintain unauthorized access via hijacked sessions after user logout in Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 5 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wx2q-8m6x-v282

## What is CVE-2023-28003?

CVE-2023-28003 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert, published on 18 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A CWE-613: Insufficient Session Expiration vulnerability exists that could allow an attacker to
maintain unauthorized access over a hijacked session in PME after the legitimate user has
signed out of their account.

Weakness: CWE-613 (DEPRECATED: Insufficient Session Expiration)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28003?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Schneider-Electric Ecostruxure Power Monitoring Expert.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-28003?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-28003 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-28003 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28003 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert

- [CVE-2023-5391](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5391/): Deserialization in EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-22727](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22727/): Other in EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert (Versions 2020 and prior) (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-22826](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22826/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-22827](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22827/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-11739](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11739/): Deserialization in EcoStruxure™ Power Monitoring Expert (PME) (high 8.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-28003 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-28003 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert, published on 18 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28003 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Power Monitoring Expert. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28003/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28003/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28003
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28003
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28003

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28003/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.