CVE-2023-49253 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Root user password is hardcoded into the device and cannot be changed in the user interface.

Published: 2024-01-12

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Hongdian

H8951-4G-ESP

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2310271149

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:hongdian:h8951-4g-esp_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:hongdian:h8951-4g-esp:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-53255	Root user password is hardcoded into the device and cannot be changed in the user interface.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00082.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://cert.pl/en/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-49253/
https://cert.pl/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-49253/

History

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Hongdian H8951-4g-esp H8951-4g-esp Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CERT-PL

Published: 2024-01-12T14:23:26.923Z

Updated: 2025-06-20T16:39:18.776Z

Reserved: 2023-11-24T11:53:46.294Z

Link: CVE-2023-49253

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T21:53:44.952Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-12T15:15:08.927

Modified: 2025-06-20T17:15:32.553

Link: CVE-2023-49253

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-798

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