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CVE-2023-45499

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-45499 is a critical vulnerability affecting VinChin Backup & Recovery versions 5.0.*, 6.0.*, 6.7.*, and 7.0.*, stemming from hardcoded credentials (CWE-798). With a CVSS score of 9.8, it allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) over the network with low attack complexity. While not yet in CISA's KEV catalog, a Metasploit module for command injection exists, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating high awareness and potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.0, <= 7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vinchin:vinchin_backup_and_recovery:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Vinchin Backup and Recovery Command Injection · Oct 26, 2023
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0789 is in the 89th 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

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

packetstormsecurity.com / files/175397/VinChin-VMWare-Backup-7.0-Hardcoded-Credential-Remote-Code-Execution.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/176289/Vinchin-Backup-And-Recovery-Command-Injection.html
blog.leakix.net / 2023/10/vinchin-backup-rce-chain
ExploitThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/31
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory