Security Notifications
Issues Reported by External Organizations or Individuals
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After our private customer notification process is complete, we publish information about vulnerabilities reported to SEL as Security Notifications.
| CVE ID | Acknowledgement | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-34391 | Reid Wightman of Dragos | Insecure Inherited Permissions vulnerability in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5033 acSELerator RTAC Software on Windows allows Leveraging/Manipulating Configuration File Search Paths. See Instruction Manual Appendix A [Cybersecurity] tag dated 20230522 for more details. This issue affects SEL-5033 acSELerator RTAC Software: before 1.35.151.21000. |
| CVE-2023-34392 | Andrea Palanca and Gabriele Quagliarella of Nozomi Networks | A Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5037 SEL Grid Configurator could allow an attacker to run arbitrary commands on managed devices by an authorized device operator. See Instruction Manual Appendix A and Appendix E dated 20230615 for more details. This issue affects SEL-5037 SEL Grid Configurator: before 4.5.0.20. |
| CVE-2023-31167 | Reid Wightman of Dragos | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5036 acSELerator Bay Screen Builder Software on Windows allows Relative Path Traversal. SEL acSELerator Bay Screen Builder software is distributed by SEL-5033 SEL acSELerator RTAC, SEL-5030 Quickset, and SEL Compass. CVE-2023-31167 and was patched in the acSELerator Bay Screen Builder release available on 20230602. Please contact SEL for additional details. This issue affects SEL-5036 acSELerator Bay Screen Builder Software: before 1.0.49152.778. |
| CVE-2023-31168 | Gabriele Quagliarella of Nozomi Networks | An Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5030 acSELerator QuickSet Software could allow an attacker to embed instructions that could be executed by an authorized device operator. See Instruction Manual Appendix A and Appendix E dated 20230615 for more details. This issue affects SEL-5030 acSELerator QuickSet Software: through 7.1.3.0. |
| CVE-2023-31169 | Gabriele Quagliarella of Nozomi Networks | An Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5030 acSELerator QuickSet Software could allow an attacker to embed instructions that could be executed by an authorized device operator. See Instruction Manual Appendix A and Appendix E dated 20230615 for more details. This issue affects SEL-5030 acSELerator QuickSet Software: through 7.1.3.0. |
| CVE-2023-31170 | Gabriele Quagliarella of Nozomi Networks | An Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5030 acSELerator QuickSet Software could allow an attacker to embed instructions that could be executed by an authorized device operator. See Instruction Manual Appendix A and Appendix E dated 20230615 for more details. This issue affects SEL-5030 acSELerator QuickSet Software: through 7.1.3.0. |
| CVE-2023-31171 | Gabriele Quagliarella of Nozomi Networks | An Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5030 acSELerator QuickSet Software could allow an attacker to embed instructions that could be executed by an authorized device operator. See Instruction Manual Appendix A and Appendix E dated 20230615 for more details. This issue affects SEL-5030 acSELerator QuickSet Software: through 7.1.3.0. |
| CVE-2023-31172 | Andrea Palanca and Gabriele Quagliarella of Nozomi Networks | An Incomplete Filtering of Special Elements vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5030 acSELerator QuickSet Software could allow an attacker to embed instructions that could be executed by an authorized device operator. See Instruction Manual Appendix A and Appendix E dated 20230615 for more details. This issue affects SEL-5030 acSELerator QuickSet Software: through 7.1.3.0. |
| CVE-2023-31173 | Gabriele Quagliarella of Nozomi Networks | Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5037 SEL Grid Configurator on Windows allows Authentication Bypass. See Instruction Manual Appendix A and Appendix E dated 20230615 for more details. This issue affects SEL-5037 SEL Grid Configurator: before 4.5.0.20. |
| CVE-2023-31174 | Andrea Palanca of Nozomi Networks | A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5037 SEL Grid Configurator could allow an attacker to embed instructions that could be executed by an authorized device operator. See Instruction Manual Appendix A and Appendix E dated 20230615 for more details. This issue affects SEL-5037 SEL Grid Configurator: before 4.5.0.20. |
| CVE-2023-31175 | Andrea Palanca of Nozomi Networks | An Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-5037 SEL Grid Configurator could allow an attacker to run system commands with the highest level privilege on the system. See Instruction Manual Appendix A and Appendix E dated 20230615 for more details. This issue affects SEL-5037 SEL Grid Configurator: before 4.5.0.20. |
| CVE-2023-2310 | Adeen Ayub, Syed Ali Qasim, Irfan Ahmed, Virginia Commonwealth University | A Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL Real-Time Automation Controller (RTAC) could allow a remote attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle (MiTM) that could result in denial of service. See the acSELerator RTAC SEL-5033 Software instruction manual date code 20210915 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-31148 | Andrea Palanca, Nozomi Networks | An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code. See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-31149 | Andrea Palanca, Nozomi Networks | An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow a remote authenticated attacker to inject and execute arbitrary script code. See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-31150 | Andrea Palanca, Nozomi Networks | An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow a remote authenticated attacker to inject and execute arbitrary script code. See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-31151 | Andrea Palanca, Nozomi Networks | An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow a remote authenticated attacker to inject and execute arbitrary script code. See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-31152 | Andrea Palanca, Nozomi Networks | An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow a remote authenticated attacker to inject and execute arbitrary script code. See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-31153 | Andrea Palanca, Nozomi Networks | An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow a remote authenticated attacker to inject and execute arbitrary script code. See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-31154 | Andrea Palanca, Nozomi Networks | An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow a remote authenticated attacker to inject and execute arbitrary script code. See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-31155 | Andrea Palanca, Nozomi Networks | An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow a remote authenticated attacker to inject and execute arbitrary script code. See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-31156 | Andrea Palanca, Nozomi Networks | An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow a remote authenticated attacker to inject and execute arbitrary script code. See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-31157 | Andrea Palanca, Nozomi Networks | An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow a remote authenticated attacker to inject and execute arbitrary script code. See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-31158 | Andrea Palanca, Nozomi Networks | An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow a remote authenticated attacker to inject and execute arbitrary script code. See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-31159 | Andrea Palanca, Nozomi Networks | An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow a remote authenticated attacker to inject and execute arbitrary script code. See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-31160 | Andrea Palanca, Nozomi Networks | An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow a remote authenticated attacker to inject and execute arbitrary script code. See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-31161 | Andrea Palanca, Nozomi Networks | "An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow an authenticated remote attacker to use internal resources, allowing a variety of potential effects. See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details." |
| CVE-2023-31162 | Andrea Palanca, Nozomi Networks | An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow a remote authenticated attacker to arbitrarily alter the content of a configuration file. See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-31163 | Andrea Palanca, Nozomi Networks | An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow a remote authenticated attacker to arbitrarily alter the content of a configuration file. See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-31164 | Andrea Palanca, Nozomi Networks | An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow a remote authenticated attacker to inject and execute arbitrary script code. See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-31165 | Andrea Palanca, Nozomi Networks | An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow a remote authenticated attacker to inject and execute arbitrary script code. See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-31166 | Andrea Palanca, Nozomi Networks | An Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Real-Time Automation Controller (SEL RTAC) Web Interface could allow a remote authenticated attacker to create folders in arbitrary paths of the file system. See SEL Service Bulletin dated 2022-11-15 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-31176 | Andrea Palanca and Gabriele Quagliarella of Nozomi Networks | An Insufficient Entropy vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-451 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to brute-force session tokens and bypass authentication. See product Instruction Manual Appendix A dated 20230830 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-31177 | Andrea Palanca and Gabriele Quagliarella of Nozomi Networks | An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-451 could allow an attacker to craft a link that could execute arbitrary code on a victim's system. See product Instruction Manual Appendix A dated 20230830 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-34388 | Andrea Palanca and Gabriele Quagliarella of Nozomi Networks | An Improper Authentication vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-451 could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to potentially perform session hijacking attack and bypass authentication. See product Instruction Manual Appendix A dated 20230830 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-34389 | Andrea Palanca and Gabriele Quagliarella of Nozomi Networks | An allocation of resources without limits or throttling vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-451 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to make the system unavailable for an indefinite amount of time. See product Instruction Manual Appendix A dated 20230830 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-34390 | Andrea Palanca and Gabriele Quagliarella of Nozomi Networks | An input validation vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-451 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to create a denial of service against the system and locking out services. See product Instruction Manual Appendix A dated 20230830 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-2264 | Sushant Mane, Parul Sindhwad, Imran Jamadar & Dr. Faruk Kazi from CoE-CNDS Lab, VJTI, Mumbai, India. | An improper input validation vulnerability in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-411L could allow a malicious actor to manipulate authorized users to click on a link that could allow undesired behavior. See product Instruction Manual Appendix A dated 20230830 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-2265 | Sushant Mane, Parul Sindhwad, Imran Jamadar & Dr. Faruk Kazi from CoE-CNDS Lab, VJTI, Mumbai, India. | An Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-411L could allow an unauthenticated attacker to perform clickjacking based attacks against an authenticated and authorized user. See product Instruction Manual Appendix A dated 20230830 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-2266 | Sushant Mane, Parul Sindhwad, Imran Jamadar & Dr. Faruk Kazi from CoE-CNDS Lab, VJTI, Mumbai, India. | An Improper neutralization of input during web page generation in the Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-411L could allow an attacker to generate cross-site scripting based attacks against an authorized and authenticated user. See product Instruction Manual Appendix A dated 20230830 for more details. |
| CVE-2023-2267 | Sushant Mane, Parul Sindhwad, Imran Jamadar & Dr. Faruk Kazi from CoE-CNDS Lab, VJTI, Mumbai, India. | An Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL-411L could allow an attacker to perform reflection attacks against an authorized and authenticated user. See product Instruction Manual Appendix A dated 20230830 for more details. |
| CVE-2024-2103 | Anonymous researcher |
Inclusion of undocumented features vulnerability accessible when logged on with a privileged access level on the following Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories relays could allow the relay to behave unpredictably.
See product instruction manual appendix A dated 20240308 for more details regarding the SEL-751 Feeder Protection Relay. For more information for the other affected products, see their instruction manuals dated 20240329. |
Please note, this notification listing is not a complete record of all product vulnerability disclosures or cybersecurity feature enhancements and includes only issues reported to SEL by external organizations or individuals.