Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-51581

Critical

Published: 03 May 2024

Published
03 May 2024
Modified
09 July 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0608 91.0th percentile
Risk Priority 23 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-51581 is a critical-severity Exposed Dangerous Method or Function (CWE-749) vulnerability in Voltronicpower Viewpower. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 9.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

CVE-2023-51581 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Voltronic Power ViewPower. It stems from an exposed dangerous method in the MacMonitorConsole class, which is tracked under CWE-749 and carries a CVSS 3.0 score of 9.8.

Remote attackers require no authentication to exploit the flaw and can execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. The EPSS score remains flat at a peak of 0.0608 with no material rise after disclosure.

The vulnerability was reported as ZDI-CAN-22034 and is detailed in the Zero Day Initiative advisory ZDI-23-1886.

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Vulnerability details

Voltronic Power ViewPower MacMonitorConsole Exposed Dangerous Method Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Voltronic Power ViewPower. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within…

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the MacMonitorConsole class. The issue results from an exposed dangerous method. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-22034.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

voltronicpower
viewpower
1.04.21353

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-749

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

addresses: CWE-749

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

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