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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-23178

When the administrative web interface of the HDMI switcher is accessed unauthenticated, user credentials are disclosed that are valid to authenticate to the web interface.

EXPLOITCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 75.2%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 75.2%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

An issue was discovered on Crestron HD-MD4X2-4K-E 1.0.0.2159 devices. When the administrative web interface of the HDMI switcher is accessed unauthenticated, user credentials are disclosed that are valid to authenticate to the web interface. Specifically, aj.html sends a JSON document with uname and upassword fields.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
75.16% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 18 January 2022
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-287
Affected
crestron/hd-md4x2-4k-e firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%40%80%3 November 2026: 75.16%3 November 20263 November 2026

EPSS 75.2% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-50675source ↗Creston Web Interface 1.0.0.2159 - Credential Disclosurehardware · RedTeam Pentesting GmbHwebapps18 January 2022no

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.