CVE-2023-5222

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

74.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-09-27 13:31Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-02 07:52Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-09-27

Assigning CNA

VulDB

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.3)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-259Use of Hard-coded PasswordVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

98134a62072980e02fcd0ecb0ab6c52f236588dc88e95ce84c6b82bb34d24f86

• vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?id.240364vdb-entrytechnical-description
• vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?ctiid.240364signaturepermissions-required
• github.comhttps://github.com/Push3AX/vul/blob/main/viessmann/Vitogate300_HardcodedPassword.mdexploit