CVE-2023-4202 | Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Advantech EKI-1524, EKI-1522, EKI-1521 devices through 1.21 are affected by a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability, which can be triggered by authenticated users in the device name field of the web-interface.

Published: 2023-08-08 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-4202 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.82%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-4202

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-4202

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.16% 0.82% +0.66%
2 2025-11-21 0.38% 0.16% -0.22%
3 2025-11-18 0.38%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-4202

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.0 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
2.3 6.0 [email protected]
5.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.3 2.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-4202

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-4202

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
advantech eki-1524_firmware <= 1.21 cpe:2.3:o:advantech:eki-1524_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advantech eki-1522_firmware <= 1.21 cpe:2.3:o:advantech:eki-1522_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advantech eki-1521_firmware <= 1.21 cpe:2.3:o:advantech:eki-1521_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-4202

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