CVE-2023-43870

HIGH

Paxton Access Net2 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials in Root Certificate

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

When installing the Net2 software a root certificate is installed into the trusted store. A potential hacker could access the installer batch file or reverse engineer the source code to gain access to the root certificate password. Using the root certificate and password they could then create their own certificates to emulate another site. Then by establishing a proxy service to emulate the site they could monitor traffic passed between the end user and the site allowing access to the data content.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0040
EPSS Percentile 32.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-798
Status published
Products (2)
paxton-access/net2 6.07
paxton-access/net2 6.02 - 6.07
Published Dec 19, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026