CVE-2023-34388 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-34388

Improper authentication could lead to session hijacking

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Andrea Palanca and Gabriele Quagliarella of Nozomi Networks

References

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Affected Vendor

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories

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Affected Software

SEL-451
Vulnerable Versions:
R315-V0, R316-V0, R317-V0, R318-V0, R320-V0, R321-V0, R322-V0, R323-V0, R324-V0, R325-V0, R326-V0, R327-V0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 30th, 2023
Last Modified: June 3rd, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-287

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1556 Modify Authentication Process
Credential Access