CVE-2023-45249

CRITICAL KEV NUCLEI

Acronis Cyber Infrastructure <5.0.1-61, <5.1.1-71, <5.2.1-69, <5.3....

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2023-45249 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added July 29, 2024. EIP tracks 1 public exploit, including a Metasploit module exploits/linux/http/acronis_cyber_infra_cve_2023_45249. A Nuclei detection template is also available.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This Metasploit module exploits a default password vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Infrastructure to gain administrative access via PostgreSQL manipulation and SSH key injection. It leverages default credentials to add an admin user and establish an SSH session.

Description

Remote command execution due to use of default passwords. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before build 5.0.1-61, Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before build 5.1.1-71, Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before build 5.2.1-69, Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before build 5.3.1-53, Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before build 5.4.4-132.

Exploits (1)

metasploit WORKING POC EXCELLENT
rubypoc
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/acronis_cyber_infra_cve_2023_45249.rb

This Metasploit module exploits a default password vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Infrastructure to gain administrative access via PostgreSQL manipulation and SSH key injection. It leverages default credentials to add an admin user and establish an SSH session.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (versions 5.0 before build 5.0.1-61, 5.1 before build 5.1.1-71, 5.2 before build 5.2.1-69, 5.3 before build 5.3.1-53, and 5.4 before build 5.4.4-132)
Auth required
Prerequisites: PostgreSQL and SSH services exposed to the attacker · Default credentials (vstoradmin:vstoradmin) unchanged
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Nuclei Templates (1)

Acronis Cyber Infrastructure - Default Password
CRITICALVERIFIEDby darses

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.5353
EPSS Percentile 98.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation active
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CISA KEV 2024-07-29
VulnCheck KEV 2024-07-24
InTheWild.io 2024-07-29
ENISA EUVD EUVD-2023-49555
CWE
CWE-1393
Status published
Products (1)
acronis/cyber_infrastructure < 5.0.1-61
Published Jul 24, 2024
KEV Added Jul 29, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026