CVE-2023-45209 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2023-45209

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the web interface /cgi-bin/download_config.cgi...

5.3 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the web interface /cgi-bin/download_config.cgi functionality of Peplink Smart Reader v1.2.0 (in QEMU). A specially crafted HTTP request can lead to a disclosure of sensitive information. An attacker can make an unauthenticated HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Discovered by Matt Wiseman of Cisco Talos.

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Affected Vendor

Peplink

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Affected Software

Smart Reader

Vulnerable Versions:

v1.2.0 (in QEMU)

Timeline

Official Publish: April 17th, 2024

Last Modified: November 4th, 2025

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

T1078 Valid Accounts

T1213 Data from Information Repositories

T1565.002 Stored Data Manipulation