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CVE-2023-45249

95
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-45249 is a critical remote command execution vulnerability affecting multiple builds of Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) due to the use of default passwords. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is actively exploited in the wild, with public exploit code available via Metasploit and significant community discussion. Media outlets have also reported on its active exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.0.1-61CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_infrastructure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.1.1, < 5.1.1-71CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_infrastructure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.2.1, < 5.2.1-69CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_infrastructure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.3.1, < 5.3.1-53CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_infrastructure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.4.4, < 5.4.4-132CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_infrastructure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
53.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Jul 29, 2024
Metasploit: Acronis Cyber Infrastructure default password remote code execution · Jul 24, 2024
Nuclei: CVE-2023-45249 · Sep 15, 2025
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5325 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

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

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
security-advisory.acronis.com / advisories/SEC-6452
Vendor Advisory
securityweek.com / acronis-product-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild
Press/Media Coverage