CVE-2023-23450

medium

Published 2023-05-15 · Modified 2026-06-01

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CVSS v3

6.2

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.2

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

62%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
sick	ftmg-esd20axx	`-`
sick	ftmg-esd25axx	`-`
sick	ftmg-esn40sxx	`-`
sick	ftmg-esn50sxx	`-`
sick	ftmg-esr50sxx	`-`
sick	ftmg-esr40sxx	`-`
sick	ftmg-esd15axx	`-`

References

CWEs

CWE-836 CWE-287

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.