What is CVE-2023-33236?

CVE-2023-33236 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Moxa Mxsecurity Series, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-05-22.

How severe is CVE-2023-33236?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Moxa Mxsecurity Series

CVE-2023-33236

MXsecurity version 1.0 is vulnearble to hardcoded credential vulnerability. This vulnerability has been reported that can be exploited to craft arbitrary JWT tokens and subsequently bypass authentication for web-based APIs.

EPSS: 0.001 (23.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Moxa Mxsecurity Series — versions 1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

www.moxa.com/en/support/product-support/security-advisory/mxsecurity-command-in… (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-33236?: CVE-2023-33236 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Moxa Mxsecurity Series, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-05-22.
How severe is CVE-2023-33236?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.