What is CVE-2017-13699?

CVE-2017-13699 is a high-severity vulnerability in Moxa Eds-G512e, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-11-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-13699?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Moxa Eds-G512e

CVE-2017-13699

An issue was discovered on MOXA EDS-G512E 5.1 build 16072215 devices. The password encryption method can be retrieved from the firmware. This encryption method is based on a chall value that is sent in cleartext as a POST parameter. An attacker could reverse the password encryption algorithm to retrieve it.

EPSS: 0.004 (34.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Moxa Eds-g512e
Moxa Eds-g512e_firmware — versions 5.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-326 — Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-13699?: CVE-2017-13699 is a high-severity vulnerability in Moxa Eds-G512e, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-11-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-13699?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.