CVE-2023-35836 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue was discovered in SolaX Pocket WiFi 3 through 3.001.02. An attacker within RF range can obtain a cleartext copy of the network configuration of the device, including the Wi-Fi PSK, during device setup and reconfiguration. Upon success, the attacker is able to further infiltrate the target's Wi-Fi networks.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00117.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Solax	Pocket Wifi 3 Pocket Wifi 3 Firmware

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:solax:pocket_wifi_3_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:solax:pocket_wifi_3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-39831	An issue was discovered in SolaX Pocket WiFi 3 through 3.001.02. An attacker within RF range can obtain a cleartext copy of the network configuration of the device, including the Wi-Fi PSK, during device setup and reconfiguration. Upon success, the attacker is able to further infiltrate the target's Wi-Fi networks.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.solaxpower.com/downloads/
https://www.solaxpower.com/help/upgrading-the-pocket-wifi-firmware/
https://yougottahackthat.com/blog/
https://yougottahackthat.com/blog/1370/solax-inverters-pocket-wifi-using-poor-authentication

History

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-863
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-23T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-11T16:49:47.964Z

Reserved: 2023-06-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-35836

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T16:30:45.371Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-23T23:15:08.000

Modified: 2025-06-11T17:15:31.923

Link: CVE-2023-35836

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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