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CVE-2023-43696

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-43696 is a critical improper access control vulnerability affecting SICK APU devices, specifically the APU0200 and its firmware. This flaw allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to download and upload arbitrary files due to anonymous access to the device's FTP server. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability presents a high risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability without user interaction. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.0.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sick:apu0200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.2HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0065 is in the 28th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

sick.com / psirt
Product
sick.com / .well-known/csaf/white/2023/sca-2023-0010.json
Vendor Advisory
sick.com / .well-known/csaf/white/2023/sca-2023-0010.pdf
Vendor Advisory