CVE-2023-29447 (GCVE-0-2023-29447)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-01-10 20:24
Modified
2025-06-17 20:59
Severity ?
5.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-522 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Summary
An insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability in KEPServerEX could allow an adversary to capture user credentials as the web server uses basic authentication.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PTC Kepware KEPServerEX Version: 0
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