CVE-2023-6942 is a critical Missing Authentication vulnerability affecting multiple Mitsubishi Electric industrial software products, including EZSocket, GT Designer3, GX Works2/3, MELSOFT Navigator, MT Works2, and MX Component/OPC Server. This flaw allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication by sending specially crafted packets, enabling unauthorized connections to the affected products. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high integrity impact without requiring user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:ezsocket:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:fr_configurator2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:got1000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:got2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.11mCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mitsubishielectric:gx_works2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.