An issue was discovered in Peplink Balance Two before 8.4.0. A missing authorization check in captive portals allows attackers to modify the portals' configurations without prior authentication.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-49230 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 31.08%, 97th percentile). 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-04-21 | 31.49% | 31.08% | -0.41% |
| 2 | 2026-03-04 | 38.95% | 31.49% | -7.46% |
| 3 | 2026-03-01 | — | 38.95% | — |
Full EPSS history (32 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.8 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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2.8 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| peplink | balance_two_firmware | < 8.4.0 | cpe:2.3:o:peplink:balance_two_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.synacktiv.com/publications%253Ffield_tags_target_id%253D4 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2023-12/synacktiv-peplink-multiple-vulnerabilities.pdf | Exploit Third Party Advisory |