# CVE-2024-23815: Missing authorization in Desigo CC

> Unauthenticated remote attackers can execute arbitrary SQL queries on the server database by modifying the client binary, affecting Desigo CC installations.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 May 2025
- **Updated:** 13 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xgrg-cw4v-4h6g

## What is CVE-2024-23815?

CVE-2024-23815 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Siemens Desigo CC, published on 13 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been identified in Desigo CC (All versions if access from Installed Clients to Desigo CC server is allowed from networks outside of a highly protected zone), Desigo CC (All versions if access from Installed Clients to Desigo CC server is only allowed within highly protected zones). The affected server application fails to authenticate specific client requests. Modification of the client binary could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries on the server database via the event port (default: 4998/tcp)

Weakness: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23815?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-23815?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-23815 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-23815 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23815 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-23815 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-23815 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Siemens Desigo CC, published on 13 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23815 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Siemens Desigo CC. 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-2024-23815/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23815/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23815
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23815
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-23815

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23815/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.