Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key in Milesight VPN - CVE-2023-22844

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Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key in Milesight VPN - CVE-2023-22844

Published: July 7, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU78029
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22844
CWE-ID: CWE-321
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Milesight
Affected software:
Milesight VPN

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-22844

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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