# CVE-2023-4487: GE Digital CIMPLICITY Process Control

> A local attacker can insert malicious configuration files to execute code and escalate privileges in GE CIMPLICITY HMI software.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 16 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v7vw-fpcc-2x25

## What is CVE-2023-4487?

CVE-2023-4487 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in GE Digital CIMPLICITY, published on 5 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-114 (Process Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-4487?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ge Cimplicity.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-4487?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-4487 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-4487 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4487 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in GE Digital CIMPLICITY

- [CVE-2018-15362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15362/): XML external entity in GE Proficy Cimplicity GDS (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2022-2002](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2002/): GE CIMPLICITY Untrusted Pointer Dereference (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-2948](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2948/): GE CIMPLICITY Heap-based Buffer Overflow (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-2952](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2952/): GE CIMPLICITY Access of Uninitialized Pointer (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-3084](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3084/): GE CIMPLICITY Access of Uninitialized Pointer (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-4487 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-4487 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in GE Digital CIMPLICITY, published on 5 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4487 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: GE Digital CIMPLICITY. 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-2023-4487/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4487/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4487
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4487
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4487

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.