CVE-2023-6943
Mitsubishielectric Ezsocket ≥ 3.0
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2023-6943 is a critical-severity Unsafe Reflection (CWE-470) vulnerability in Mitsubishielectric Ezsocket. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data Obfuscation (T1001); ranked in the top 18% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-59140
Vulnerability Data
Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection') vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation EZSocket versions 3.0 to 5.92, GT Designer3 Version1(GOT1000) versions 1.325P and prior, GT Designer3 Version1(GOT2000) versions 1.320J and prior, GX Works2 versions 1.11M to…
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1.626C, GX Works3 versions 1.106L and prior, MELSOFT Navigator versions 1.04E to 2.102G, MT Works2 versions 1.190Y and prior, MX Component versions 4.00A to 5.007H and MX OPC Server DA/UA all versions allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute a malicious code by RPC with a path to a malicious library while connected to the products.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Input validation directly stops externally supplied class or method names from selecting improper code via reflection.
Enforces authorization checks on the code or classes ultimately invoked, blocking unauthorized selections even if reflection is used.
Limits privileges of any code reached through unsafe reflection, reducing blast radius without stopping the selection itself.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Vulnerability identification processes can discover unsafe reflection during code review or scanning.
Preventing execution of unauthorized code can block exploitation of unsafe reflection at runtime.
Secure SDLC practices directly avoid introducing externally controlled class selection via reflection.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
A.8.25 mandates secure SDLC practices including secure coding guidelines, security requirements, checkpoints, testing (scans/penetration), and developer training that can catch/prevent unsafe reflection flaws during development; this stops exploitation for a minority slice (first-party code written under the process) but leaves the bulk of the weakness (e.g. in third-party libraries, legacy code, or incomplete enforcement) untouched.
Application security requirements can explicitly prohibit or constrain reflection based on untrusted input.
A.8.27 mandates security-by-design principles (e.g. distrust external input, least privilege, secure session control, data validation/sanitization, design reviews against attack patterns) that reach a slice of unsafe reflection cases but leave a bounded remainder (e.g. reflection in third-party libraries or dynamic class loading where principles are applied incompletely).
Secure coding standards directly forbid unsafe reflection and require whitelisting or static alternatives.