What is CVE-2023-42133?

CVE-2023-42133 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pax Pos Terminals, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2024-10-11.

How severe is CVE-2023-42133?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Pax Pos Terminals

CVE-2023-42133

PAX Android based POS devices allow for escalation of privilege via improperly configured scripts. An attacker must have shell access with system account privileges in order to exploit this vulnerability. A patch addressing this issue was included in firmware version PayDroid_8.1.0_Sagittarius_V11.1.61_20240226.

Published 2024-10-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (12.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 12.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pax Pos Terminals — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

ppn.paxengine.com/release/development (vendor-advisory)
blog.stmcyber.com/pax-pos-cves-2023/ (technical-description)
cert.pl/en/posts/2024/10/CVE-2023-42133 (third-party-advisory)
cert.pl/posts/2024/10/CVE-2023-42133 (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-42133?: CVE-2023-42133 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pax Pos Terminals, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2024-10-11.
How severe is CVE-2023-42133?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.