Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-47697

Critical

Published: 31 January 2023

Published
31 January 2023
Modified
27 March 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0034 57.4th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-47697 is a critical-severity Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password (CWE-640) vulnerability in Comfast Project Cf-Wr623N Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 42.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

COMFAST (Shenzhen Sihai Zhonglian Network Technology Co., Ltd) CF-WR623N Router firmware V2.3.0.1 and before is vulnerable to Account takeover. Anyone can reset the password of the admin accounts.

CWE(s)
NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-640

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

comfast project
cf-wr623n firmware
≤ 2.3.0.1

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

IA-5 Authenticator Management
addresses: CWE-640

Establishing procedures for lost or compromised authenticators addresses weak password recovery mechanisms.

References