Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-43842

HighPublic PoC

Published: 28 May 2024

Published
28 May 2024
Modified
03 June 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0079 74.3th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-43842 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Aten Pe6208 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.3 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 25.7% 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

Vulnerability details

Incorrect access control in the account management function of web interface in Aten PE6208 2.3.228 and 2.4.232 allows remote authenticated users to alter user and administrator accounts credentials via HTTP POST request.

CWE(s)
CWE-416

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

aten
pe6208 firmware
2.3.228 — 2.4.239

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.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References