CVE-2023-50703 (GCVE-0-2023-50703)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-19 23:40 – Updated: 2026-02-25 16:34
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information in EFACEC UC 500E
Summary
An attacker with network access could perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack and capture sensitive information to gain unauthorized access to the application.
Severity
6.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-01-06 05:01 UTC
CWE
- CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
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