What is CVE-2023-0525?

CVE-2023-0525 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mitsubishielectric Gs21, classified under Weak Encoding for Password. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-08-04.

How severe is CVE-2023-0525?

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

Vulnerability in Mitsubishielectric Gs21

CVE-2023-0525

Weak Encoding for Password vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT2000 Series GT27 model versions 01.49.000 and prior, GT25 model versions 01.49.000 and prior, GT23 model versions 01.49.000 and prior, GT21 model versions 01.49.000 and prior, GOT SIMPLE Series GS25 model versions 01.49.000 and prior, GS21 model versions 01.49.000 and prior, GT Designer3 Version1 (GOT2000) versions 1.295H and prior and GT SoftGOT2000 versions 1.295H and prior allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to obtain plaintext passwords by sniffing packets containing encrypted passwords and decrypting the encrypted passwords, in the case of transferring data with GT Designer3 Version1(GOT2000) and GOT2000 Series or GOT SIMPLE Series with the Data Transfer Security function enabled, or in the case of transferring data by the SoftGOT-GOT link function with GT SoftGOT2000 and GOT2000 series with the Data Transfer Security function enabled.

Published 2023-08-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (51.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 51.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2023-008_en.pdf (Vendor Advisory)
jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU95285923/index.html (Third Party Advisory)
www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-215-02 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-0525?: CVE-2023-0525 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mitsubishielectric Gs21, classified under Weak Encoding for Password. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-08-04.
How severe is CVE-2023-0525?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.