Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-0391

HighPublic PoC

Published: 21 March 2023

Published
21 March 2023
Modified
26 February 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0018 38.9th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-0391 is a high-severity Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key (CWE-321) vulnerability in Mgt-Commerce Cloudpanel. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 38.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

MGT-COMMERCE CloudPanel ships with a static SSL certificate to encrypt communications to the administrative interface, shared across every installation of CloudPanel. This behavior was observed in version 2.2.0. There has been no indication from the vendor this has been addressed…

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in version 2.2.1.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

mgt-commerce
cloudpanel
≤ 2.2.1

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.

addresses: CWE-798 CWE-321

Supplier evaluation and secure acquisition practices make it harder for hard-coded credentials to be introduced via procured products.

addresses: CWE-798 CWE-321

Requiring security functional requirements and acceptance criteria allows contracts to prohibit hard-coded credentials in delivered systems or components.

addresses: CWE-798 CWE-321

Supplier risk reviews identify and discourage hard-coded credentials in delivered products or services.

addresses: CWE-798

Enables users to notice when hard-coded credentials have been exploited for unauthorized access.

addresses: CWE-798

Security training explicitly warns against hard-coded credentials, lowering their use in systems.

addresses: CWE-798

Policy and procedures prohibit hard-coded credentials in favor of managed authentication.

addresses: CWE-798

External identity providers eliminate the need for hard-coded credentials in applications.

addresses: CWE-798

Changing default authenticators prior to first use and protecting content prevents use of hard-coded credentials.

References