Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2023-0525 is a high-severity Weak Encoding for Password (CWE-261) vulnerability in Mitsubishielectric Gt Designer3. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Query Registry (T1012); ranked in the top 49% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-12570
Vulnerability Data
Weak Encoding for Password vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT2000 Series GT27 model versions 01.49.000 and prior, GT25 model versions 01.49.000 and prior, GT23 model versions 01.49.000 and prior, GT21 model versions 01.49.000 and prior, GOT SIMPLE Series GS25 model…
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versions 01.49.000 and prior, GS21 model versions 01.49.000 and prior, GT Designer3 Version1 (GOT2000) versions 1.295H and prior and GT SoftGOT2000 versions 1.295H and prior allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to obtain plaintext passwords by sniffing packets containing encrypted passwords and decrypting the encrypted passwords, in the case of transferring data with GT Designer3 Version1(GOT2000) and GOT2000 Series or GOT SIMPLE Series with the Data Transfer Security function enabled, or in the case of transferring data by the SoftGOT-GOT link function with GT SoftGOT2000 and GOT2000 series with the Data Transfer Security function enabled.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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- 4 hardening rules · 1 OS baseline
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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.
Maintaining currency with technologies and practices reduces selection of encryption mechanisms that provide inadequate strength.
Updated assessments identify when previously adequate encryption strength no longer meets current attack capabilities or compliance drivers.
Establishment procedures require selection and generation of keys with adequate length and strength for the chosen algorithm.
Specifies required cryptography types and parameters, preventing selection of inadequate encryption strength.
Prompt patching corrects inadequate encryption strength when vendors release updates that increase key sizes or algorithm security.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Proper cryptographic hashing for data-at-rest directly prevents trivial password encoding while the control addresses broader data protection needs.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Requires secure handling and protection of authentication information, directly addressing weak password encoding.
Requires appropriate use of cryptography, indirectly discouraging weak encoding schemes.
Enforces secure coding practices that would reject trivial password encoding.
Hardening callouts derived
DISA STIG baselines are authored against specific weaknesses. Where this CVE cites a broad weakness class, the mapping is not asserted at that abstraction (owner ruling, 2026-09-25: grade only at Base and below), so no rule is shown here rather than a rule shown against the wrong grain.
- No fine-grained STIG row for CWE-326, a class-level weakness. Rules are authored against its narrower children: CWE-328.