THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2023-2575
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2023-2575

Eki 1521 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
15.5%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Advantech EKI-1524, EKI-1522, EKI-1521 devices through 1.21 are affected by a Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability, which can be triggered by authenticated users via a crafted POST request.
Affected vendor
Advantech
Affected product
Eki 1521 Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow
  • CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2023-05-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 15.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2023-2575

  • Confirm whether Advantech Eki 1521 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2023-2575.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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