Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-41027

High

Published: 22 September 2023

Published
22 September 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0008 24.2th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-41027 is a high-severity Self-generated Error Message Containing Sensitive Information (CWE-210) vulnerability in Juplink Rx4-1500 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.0 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 24.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Credential disclosure in the '/webs/userpasswd.htm' endpoint in Juplink RX4-1500 Wifi router firmware versions V1.0.4 and V1.0.5 allows an authenticated attacker to leak the password for the administrative account via requests to the vulnerable endpoint.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

juplink
rx4-1500 firmware
1.0.4, 1.0.5

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-209

Detects error messages that leak sensitive information as evidence of disclosure.

addresses: CWE-209

The control directly mitigates generation of error messages containing sensitive authentication details by requiring obscured feedback instead of verbose responses.

addresses: CWE-209

Misdirection allows generation of misleading error messages that withhold or falsify sensitive details.

addresses: CWE-209

Explicitly requires error messages to avoid including sensitive or exploitable details while still supporting corrective action.

addresses: CWE-209

Validation ensures error messages contain only expected, non-sensitive content and blocks leakage via verbose errors.

addresses: CWE-209

Fail-safe procedures can be defined to suppress or sanitize error output, reducing generation of messages that contain sensitive information.

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