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HIGH

CVE-2023-28713

CVE-2023-28713 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Intelligence

Plaintext storage of a password exists in CONPROSYS HMI System (CHS) versions prior to 3.5.3. Because account information of the database is saved in a local file in plaintext, a user who can access the PC where the affected product is installed can obtain the information. As a result, information in the database may be obtained and/or altered by the user.

Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, jpcert

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.

Exploitation

Unreported

no source claims exploitation

EPSS

0%

chance of exploitation in 30 days

Affects

contec co

conprosys_hmi_system_chs

CVSS base

8.1

HIGH

CISA SSVC assessment

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

CISA

Exploitation

None

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

No

can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Total

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Affected scope

The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.

Vendors (1)

contec co

Products (1)

conprosys hmi system chs

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

ScoreVersionSeverityExpl.ImpactSource
8.1CVSS 3.1HIGH——cvelistV5

Weakness & attack patterns

  • CWE-312

Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.

  • T1005Data from Local System
  • T1552.004Unsecured Credentials: Private Keys

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not rules we have tested.

  • Search application, proxy, and WAF logs for requests touching /or.

References

3 on the record

Elsewhere on this site

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

  • No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
  • No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
  • No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.