CVE-2023-49253 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Root user password is hardcoded into the device and cannot be changed in the user interface.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00082.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Hongdian	H8951-4g-esp H8951-4g-esp Firmware

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:hongdian:h8951-4g-esp_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:hongdian:h8951-4g-esp:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-53255	Root user password is hardcoded into the device and cannot be changed in the user interface.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://cert.pl/en/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-49253/
https://cert.pl/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-49253/

History

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CERT-PL

Published: 2024-01-12T14:23:26.923Z

Updated: 2025-06-20T16:39:18.776Z

Reserved: 2023-11-24T11:53:46.294Z

Link: CVE-2023-49253

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T21:53:44.952Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-12T15:15:08.927

Modified: 2025-06-20T17:15:32.553

Link: CVE-2023-49253

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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