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critical 9.8

CVE-2022-23178 in the critical feed json

An issue was discovered on Crestron HD-MD4X2-4K-E 1.0.0.2159 devices.

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-28269

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
75.2%
EPSS 75.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

An issue was discovered on Crestron HD-MD4X2-4K-E 1.0.0.2159 devices. When the administrative web interface of the HDMI switcher is accessed unauthenticated, user credentials are disclosed that are valid to authenticate to the web interface. Specifically, aj.html sends a JSON document with uname and upassword fields.

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-50675)

Exploit prediction

75.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-50675 Creston Web Interface 1.0.0.2159 - Credential Disclosure webapps, 2022-01-18
  • Nuclei template Crestron Device - Credentials Disclosure nuclei detection template
  • redteam-pentesting.de https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2021-009 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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