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high 7.5

CVE-2023-0525 json

Weak Encoding for Password vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT2000 Series GT27 model versions 01.49.000 and prior, GT25 mo…

published 2023-08-03 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-12570

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Weak Encoding for Password vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT2000 Series GT27 model versions 01.49.000 and prior, GT25 model versions 01.49.000 and prior, GT23 model versions 01.49.000 and prior, GT21 model versions 01.49.000 and prior, GOT SIMPLE Series GS25 model versions 01.49.000 and prior, GS21 model versions 01.49.000 and prior, GT Designer3 Version1 (GOT2000) versions 1.295H and prior and GT SoftGOT2000 versions 1.295H and prior allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to obtain plaintext passwords by sniffing packets containing encrypted passwords and decrypting the encrypted passwords, in the case of transferring data with GT Designer3 Version1(GOT2000) and GOT2000 Series or GOT SIMPLE Series with the Data Transfer Security function enabled, or in the case of transferring data by the SoftGOT-GOT link function with GT SoftGOT2000 and GOT2000 series with the Data Transfer Security function enabled.

Patch / fix

  • mitsubishielectric gt_designer3 1.300n
  • mitsubishielectric gt_softgot2000 1.300n
  • mitsubishielectric gt27_firmware 01.50.000
  • mitsubishielectric gt25_firmware 01.50.000
  • mitsubishielectric gt23_firmware 01.50.000
  • mitsubishielectric gt21_firmware 01.50.000
  • mitsubishielectric gs25_firmware 01.50.000
  • mitsubishielectric gs21_firmware 01.50.000

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-23-215-02 updated cvss 7.5

Mitsubishi Electric GT and GOT Series Products

  • Mitsubishi Electric GOT SIMPLE (Models GS25, GS21) <= 01.49.000 Mitsubishi Electric GOT2000 (Models GT21, GT23, GT25, GT27) <= 01.49.000
    affected: fixed in v01.50.000, mitigation “Mitsubishi Electric recommends updating to the following mitigated version to minimize the risk of exploiting this vulnerability:” mitsubishielectric.com
  • Mitsubishi Electric GT Designer3 Version1 (GOT2000) <= 1.295H Mitsubishi Electric GT SoftGOT2000 <= 1.295H
    affected: fixed in v1.300N, mitigation “Mitsubishi Electric recommends updating to the following mitigated version to minimize the risk of exploiting this vulnerability:” mitsubishielectric.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT2000 Series GT27 model
  • Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT2000 Series GT25 model
  • Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT2000 Series GT23 model
  • Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT2000 Series GT21 model
  • Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT SIMPLE Series GS25 model
  • Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT SIMPLE Series GS21 model
  • Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GT Designer3 Version1 (GOT2000)
  • Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GT SoftGOT2000

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-261 Weak Encoding for Password
  • CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

Sources

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