9.8

CVE-2023-33236: moxa mxsecurity Use of Hard-coded Credentials

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
Published 22-05-2023Last modified 21-01-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-33236 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability in moxa mxsecurity. EPSS estimates a 0.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.97%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 22-05-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 21-01-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

MXsecurity version 1.0 is vulnearble to hardcoded credential vulnerability. This vulnerability has been reported that can be exploited to craft arbitrary JWT tokens and subsequently bypass authentication for web-based APIs.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.97%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

62%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.97% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.97%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Moxa2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

1 links