Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-40151

Critical

Published: 21 November 2023

Published
21 November 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0037 59.2th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-40151 is a critical-severity Exposed Dangerous Method or Function (CWE-749) vulnerability in Redlioncontrols St-Ipm-6350 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 10.0 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 40.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

When user authentication is not enabled the shell can execute commands with the highest privileges. Red Lion SixTRAK and VersaTRAK Series RTUs with authenticated users enabled (UDR-A) any Sixnet UDR message will meet an authentication challenge over UDP/IP. When the…

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same message comes over TCP/IP the RTU will simply accept the message with no authentication challenge.

CWE(s)
CWE-749NVD-CWE-Other

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

redlioncontrols
st-ipm-6350 firmware
4.9.114
redlioncontrols
st-ipm-8460 firmware
6.0.202
redlioncontrols
vt-mipm-135-d firmware
4.9.114
redlioncontrols
vt-mipm-245-d firmware
4.9.114
redlioncontrols
vt-ipm2m-213-d firmware
4.9.114
redlioncontrols
vt-ipm2m-113-d firmware
4.9.114

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.

CM-7 Least Functionality
addresses: CWE-749

Explicitly prohibiting dangerous or unnecessary functions and services prevents exposure of methods that could be directly exploited.

SC-25 Thin Nodes
addresses: CWE-749

Minimal functionality removes or avoids exposure of dangerous methods and functions.

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