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🛡️ CVE-2023-23450 — ftmg-esd15axx-firmware

🟡 CVSS 6.2 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-836 NVD
6.2
CVSS Score
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Description

Use of Password Hash Instead of Password for Authentication in SICK FTMg AIR

FLOW SENSOR with Partnumbers 1100214, 1100215, 1100216, 1120114, 1120116, 1122524, 1122526

allows an unprivileged remote attacker to use a password hash instead of an actual password to login

to a valid user account via the REST interface.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-23450 is classified as CWE-836: Use of Password Hash Instead of Password for Authentication. The product records password hashes in a data store, receives a hash of a password from a client, and compares the supplied hash to the hash obtained from the data store.

Affected software

CVE-2023-23450 is recorded against 7 packages.

  • ftmg-esd15axx-firmware (fixed in 2.0)
  • ftmg-esd20axx-firmware (fixed in 2.0)
  • ftmg-esd25axx-firmware (fixed in 2.0)
  • ftmg-esn40sxx-firmware (fixed in 2.0)
  • ftmg-esn50sxx-firmware (fixed in 2.0)
  • ftmg-esr40sxx-firmware (fixed in 2.0)
  • ftmg-esr50sxx-firmware (fixed in 2.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 15 May 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Other advisories for this package

ftmg-esd15axx-firmware has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-836: Use of Password Hash Instead of Password for Authentication) in other software:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.2
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-836
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-05-15
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
ftmg-esd15axx-firmware 2.0
ftmg-esd20axx-firmware 2.0
ftmg-esd25axx-firmware 2.0
ftmg-esn40sxx-firmware 2.0
ftmg-esn50sxx-firmware 2.0
ftmg-esr40sxx-firmware 2.0
ftmg-esr50sxx-firmware 2.0

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