Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key in Milesight VPN - CVE-2023-22844
Published: July 7, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU78029
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22844
CWE-ID: CWE-321
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a hardcoded encryption key in the requestHandlers.js verifyToken functionality. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted network request and bypass authentication.
Affected software
Milesight VPN
How to mitigate CVE-2023-22844
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.