{"id":"CVE-2017-13699","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-13699","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:22:50.344Z","title":"An attacker could reverse the password encryption algorithm to retrieve it.","description":"An issue was discovered on MOXA EDS-G512E 5.1 build 16072215 devices. The password encryption method can be retrieved from the firmware. This encryption method is based on a chall value that is sent in cleartext as a POST parameter. An attacker could reverse the password encryption algorithm to retrieve it.","published":"2017-11-23T21:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:05:01.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-326"],"affected":["moxa/eds-g512e firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.0052,"percentile":0.43987,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106047","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.sentryo.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Switch-Moxa-Analysis.pdf","tags":["Mitigation","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106047","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.sentryo.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Switch-Moxa-Analysis.pdf","tags":["Mitigation","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13699","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}