CVE Catalog

CVE-2023-3243

HighCVSS 8.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.51%

39th percentile - higher than 39% of all known CVEs

Summary

An attacker can capture an authenticating hash and utilize it to create new sessions. The hash is also a poorly salted MD5 hash, which could result in a successful brute force password attack.

Risk Assessment

The organization is at risk of session hijacking and brute force attacks, which could lead to unauthorized access to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to a supported product such as Alerton ACM to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** [An attacker can capture an authenticating hash and utilize it to create new sessions. The hash is also a poorly salted MD5 hash, which could result in a successful brute force password attack. Impacted product is BCM-WEB version 3.3.X. Recommended fix: Upgrade to a supported product such as Alerton ACM.] Out of an abundance of caution, this CVE ID is being assigned to better serve our customers and ensure all who are still running this product understand that the product is end of life and should be removed or upgraded. 

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS