CVE-2023-30466

Auth Bypass in Milesight Ms-N5008-Uc Firmware ≤ 73.9.0.18-r2

Auth Bypass

Published

28 April 2023

Modified

21 November 2024

CVSS Score v3.1 9.8

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Raw vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score 0.011 66th percentile

Risk Priority 75 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-30466 is a critical-severity Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password (CWE-640) vulnerability in Milesight Ms-N5008-Uc Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Junk Data (T1001.001); ranked in the top 34% 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-2023-34881

Vulnerability Data

This vulnerability exists in Milesight 4K/H.265 Series NVR models (MS-Nxxxx-xxG, MS-Nxxxx-xxE, MS-Nxxxx-xxT, MS-Nxxxx-xxH and MS-Nxxxx-xxC), due to a weak password reset mechanism at the Milesight NVR web-based management interface. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially…

crafted http requests on the targeted device. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow remote attacker to account takeover on the targeted device.

CWE(s): CWE-640

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1001.001 Junk Data Command And Control

Adversaries may add junk data to protocols used for command and control to make detection more difficult.

attack.mitre.org →

T1003.003 NTDS Credential Access

Adversaries may attempt to access or create a copy of the Active Directory domain database in order to steal credential information, as well as obtain other information about domain members such as devices, users, and access rights.

attack.mitre.org →

T1003.006 DCSync Credential Access

Adversaries may attempt to access credentials and other sensitive information by abusing a Windows Domain Controller's application programming interface (API)(Citation: Microsoft DRSR Dec 2017) (Citation: Microsoft GetNCCChanges) (Citati…

attack.mitre.org →

T1003.007 Proc Filesystem Credential Access

Adversaries may gather credentials from the proc filesystem or `/proc`.

attack.mitre.org →

T1010 Application Window Discovery Discovery

Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of open application windows.

attack.mitre.org →

T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery Discovery

Adversaries may look for details about the network configuration and settings, such as IP and/or MAC addresses, of systems they access or through information discovery of remote systems.

attack.mitre.org →

Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-30467Same product: Milesight Ms-N1004-Uc

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CVE-2026-9609Shared CWE-640

CVE-2025-69614Shared CWE-640

CVE-2025-36579Shared CWE-640

CVE-2023-42481Shared CWE-640

CVE-2024-6203Shared CWE-640

CVE-2024-42915Shared CWE-640

Affected Assets

milesight

ms-n5008-uc firmware

≤ 73.9.0.18-r2

milesight

ms-n1008-unc firmware

≤ 73.9.0.18-r2

milesight

ms-n1008-uc firmware

≤ 73.9.0.18-r2

milesight

ms-n1004-uc firmware

≤ 73.9.0.18-r2

milesight

ms-n5016-e firmware

≤ 75.9.0.18-r2

milesight

ms-n5008-e firmware

≤ 75.9.0.18-r2

milesight

ms-n7016-uh firmware

≤ 71.9.0.18-r2

milesight

ms-n7032-uh firmware

≤ 71.9.0.18-r2

milesight

ms-n8064-uh firmware

≤ 71.9.0.18-r2

milesight

ms-n8032-uh firmware

≤ 71.9.0.18-r2

+11 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

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.

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.

PR.AA-01 partial match

blocks

Credential lifecycle management directly includes password reset/recovery flows.

PR.AA-02 partial match

blocks

Identity proofing is the core control that prevents weak or bypassed recovery mechanisms.

PR.AA-03 partial match

blocks

Authentication policy covers strength/MFA but does not address recovery path weaknesses.

PR.PS-06 partial match

blocks

Secure SDLC reduces implementation flaws but is not specific to password-recovery design.

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.

A.5.14 Information transfer partial match

removes

A.5.15 Access control partial match

removes

A.5.16 Identity management partial match

removes

A.5.17 Authentication information partial match

degrades

Strong authentication-information lifecycle rules directly address weak password-recovery flows.

A.5.18 Access rights partial match

removes

A.8.10 Information deletion partial match