CVE-2023-49230 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Peplink	Balance Two Balance Two Firmware

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:peplink:balance_two_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:peplink:balance_two:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.synacktiv.com/publications%253Ffield_tags_target_id%253D4
https://www.synacktiv.com/sites/default/files/2023-12/synacktiv-peplink-multiple-vulnerabilities.pdf

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.35477}`	epss `{'score': 0.26811}`

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00091}`	epss `{'score': 0.35477}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-12-28T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-02T21:53:44.631Z

Reserved: 2023-11-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2023-49230

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-28T04:15:08.150

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:33:04.300

Link: CVE-2023-49230

Redhat

No data.

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