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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-45852

In Vitogate 300 2.1.3.0, /cgi-bin/vitogate.cgi allows an unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the ipaddr params JSON data for the put method.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 15.2%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.2%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

In Vitogate 300 2.1.3.0, /cgi-bin/vitogate.cgi allows an unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the ipaddr params JSON data for the put method.

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
15.25% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-77
Affected
viessmann/vitogate 300 firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%10%20%15 October 2026: 15.25%26 October 2026: 15.25%15 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS moved from 15.2% on 15 October 2026 to 15.2% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

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