CVE-2023-37755
Published: 14 September 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-37755 is a critical-severity Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798) vulnerability in I-Doit I-Doit. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 16.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-41631
Vulnerability details
i-doit pro 25 and below and I-doit open 25 and below are configured with insecure default administrator credentials, and there is no warning or prompt to ask users to change the default password and account name. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit…
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this vulnerability to obtain Administrator privileges, resulting in them being able to perform arbitrary system operations or cause a Denial of Service (DoS).
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Enables users to notice when hard-coded credentials have been exploited for unauthorized access.
Security training explicitly warns against hard-coded credentials, lowering their use in systems.
Policy and procedures prohibit hard-coded credentials in favor of managed authentication.
External identity providers eliminate the need for hard-coded credentials in applications.
Changing default authenticators prior to first use and protecting content prevents use of hard-coded credentials.
Central credential stores and rotation policies remove the need for hard-coded credentials in configuration files or code.
Intelligence programs surface reports of campaigns that abuse hard-coded credentials in products, prompting removal or replacement and thereby reducing successful exploitation.
Planned investment enables secure credential storage and management systems instead of hard-coded credentials.