CVE-2023-39979 CRITICAL

CVE-2023-39979: MXsecurity Authentication Bypass

Vendor Moxa
Product MXsecurity Series
Weakness CWE-334
Published September 2, 2023
Last update September 30, 2024

CVSS base score

9.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

There is a vulnerability in MXsecurity versions prior to 1.0.1 that can be exploited to bypass authentication. A remote attacker might access the system if the web service authenticator has insufficient random values.  

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 2, 2023 CVE published
September 30, 2024 Record updated