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CVE-2023-2573

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-2573 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability affecting Advantech EKI-1521, EKI-1522, and EKI-1524 devices running firmware through version 1.21. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a crafted POST request to the NTP server input field. This allows for full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS score of 8.8. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:advantech:eki-1521_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:advantech:eki-1522_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:advantech:eki-1524_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0475 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/172307/Advantech-EKI-15XX-Series-Command-Injection-Buffer-Overflow.html
cyberdanube.com / en/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-advantech-eki-15xx-series
ExploitThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/May/4
ExploitThird Party Advisory
advantech.com / en/support/details/firmware
PatchProduct
advantech.com / en/support/details/firmware
PatchProduct
advantech.com / en/support/details/firmware
PatchProduct