CVE-2023-49230

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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.

Published: 2023-12-28 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-49230

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-49230

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-49230

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/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:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
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.
2.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-49230

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-49230

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
peplink balance_two_firmware < 8.4.0 cpe:2.3:o:peplink:balance_two_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-49230

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