What is CVE-2023-1778?

CVE-2023-1778 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gajshield Data Security Firewall, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2023-04-27.

How severe is CVE-2023-1778?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Gajshield Data Security Firewall

CVE-2023-1778

This vulnerability exists in GajShield Data Security Firewall firmware versions prior to v4.28 (except v4.21) due to insecure default credentials which allows remote attacker to login as superuser by using default username/password via web-based management interface and/or exposed SSH port thereby enabling remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with administrative/superuser privileges on the targeted systems. The vulnerability has been addressed by forcing the user to change their default password to a new non-default password.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.011 (63.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 10.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Gajshield Data Security Firewall — versions 4.5, 4.21
Gajshield Data_security_firewall
Gajshield Data_security_firewall_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

vdisclose@cert-in.org.in (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1778?: CVE-2023-1778 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gajshield Data Security Firewall, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2023-04-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-1778?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.