CVE-2023-1618

Active Debug Code vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC WS Series WS0-GETH00200 Serial number 2310 **** and prior allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication and illegally log into the affected module by connecting to it via telnet which is hidden function and is enabled by default when shipped from the factory. As a result, a remote attacker with unauthorized login can reset the module, and if certain conditions are met, he/she can disclose or tamper with the module's configuration or rewrite the firmware.

CVSS v3 8.6 HIGH

8.6^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 4.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU96063959	Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-138-02	Mitigation Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2023-002_en.pdf	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:h:mitsubishielectric:melsec_ws0-geth00200:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:mitsubishielectric:melsec_ws0-geth00200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-05-19 05:15

Updated : 2023-08-23 01:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-1618

Mitre link : CVE-2023-1618

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-1618

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mitsubishielectric

melsec_ws0-geth00200_firmware
melsec_ws0-geth00200

CWE

CWE-1188

Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default

CWE-489

Active Debug Code

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