CVE-2023-7237 (GCVE-0-2023-7237)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-23 21:46 – Updated: 2025-06-17 21:19 Unsupported When Assigned
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Lantronix XPort Weak Encoding for Password
Summary
Lantronix XPort sends weakly encoded credentials within web request headers.
Severity
5.7 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-01-24 16:28 UTC
CWE
- CWE-261 - Weak Encoding for Password
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2024-01-23 21:43
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