CVE-2023-0457

highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.012 · 67 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.17% (67th) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Is it mine?
165 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisa_csaf_ot

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Plaintext Storage of a Password vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-F Series, MELSEC iQ-R Series, MELSEC-Q Series and MELSEC-L Series allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to disclose plaintext credentials stored in project files and login into FTP server or Web server.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

  • FixedAll models FX5S CPU modulescisa_csaf_ot

    Encrypt the communication data or project files when sending and receiving or sharing these files.

  • FixedAll models of FX5U(C) CPU modulescisa_csaf_ot

    Encrypt the communication data or project files when sending and receiving or sharing these files.

  • FixedAll models of FX5UJ CPU modulescisa_csaf_ot

    Encrypt the communication data or project files when sending and receiving or sharing these files.

  • FixedFX5-ENETcisa_csaf_ot

    Encrypt the communication data or project files when sending and receiving or sharing these files.

  • FixedFX5-ENET/IPcisa_csaf_ot

    Encrypt the communication data or project files when sending and receiving or sharing these files.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · CISA US
v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · Mitsubishielectric.Psirt@yd.MitsubishiElectric.co.jpexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-522USprimaryCWE-256USCWE-256USCWE-256US
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affected products (165)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

showing 20 of 165
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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • ICSA-23-061-01Mitsubishi Electric MELSEC iQ-F Series2023-03-02icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS

    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated malicious actor to login to a file transfer protocol (FTP) server or web server by obtaining plaintext credentials stored in project files.

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also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducisa_csaf_otNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2023-03-03modified 2026-06-17
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references (11)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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