Vulnerability · Published Jan 15, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-23178

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 75.2% (higher than 99.5% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)75.2%top 0.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack tooling1Nuclei

Official description

An issue was discovered on Crestron HD-MD4X2-4K-E 1.0.0.2159 devices. When the administrative web interface of the HDMI switcher is accessed unauthenticated, user credentials are disclosed that are valid to authenticate to the web interface. Specifically, aj.html sends a JSON document with uname and upassword fields.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2021-009 x_refsource_MISC