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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2023-1618 Detail

Current Description

Active Debug Code vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC WS Series WS0-GETH00200 Serial number 2310 **** and prior allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication and illegally log into the affected module by connecting to it via telnet which is hidden function and is enabled by default when shipped from the factory. As a result, a remote attacker with unauthorized login can reset the module, and if certain conditions are met, he/she can disclose or tamper with the module's configuration or rewrite the firmware.


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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  8.6 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Base Score:  7.5 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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Hyperlink Resource
https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU96063959 Third Party Advisory 
https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU96063959 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-138-02 Mitigation  Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-138-02 Mitigation  Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2023-002_en.pdf Vendor Advisory 
https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2023-002_en.pdf Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-1188 Insecure Default Initialization of Resource cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-489 Active Debug Code Mitsubishi Electric Corporation  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:mitsubishielectric:melsec_ws0-geth00200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Running on/with
 cpe:2.3:h:mitsubishielectric:melsec_ws0-geth00200:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-1618
NVD Published Date:
05/19/2023
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation