CVE-2023-43845
If not changed, attackers can log in to the telnet console and gain administrator privileges.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Aten PE6208 2.3.228 and 2.4.232 have default credentials for the privileged telnet account. The user is not asked to change the credentials after first login. If not changed, attackers can log in to the telnet console and gain administrator privileges.
- 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
- 0.53% probability · 45th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Affected
- aten/pe6208 firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/setersora/pe6208Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/setersora/pe6208Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.