Vulnerability · Published Apr 27, 2023 · Assigned by Zyxel

CVE-2023-28770

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity information exposure in DX5401-B0 firmware from Zyxel. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 57.8% (higher than 99.1% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)57.8%top 0.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling1Metasploit

Official description

The sensitive information exposure vulnerability in the CGI “Export_Log” and the binary “zcmd” in Zyxel DX5401-B0 firmware versions prior to V5.17(ABYO.1)C0 could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to read the system files and to retrieve the password of the supervisor from the encrypted file.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Zyxel DX5401-B0 firmware < V5.17(ABYO.1)C0

Weakness: CWE-200, CWE-203 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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