Sensitive authentication-related value accessible publicly

published 2024-01-12 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-53263

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
public exploits: 0; none known

The "tokenKey" value used in user authorization is visible in the HTML source of the login page.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

Hongdian H8951-4G-ESP 2310271149
hongdian h8951-4g-esp_firmware 2310271149

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-08-28)

Exploit prediction

0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	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
CNA	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

Hongdian H8951-4G-ESP
hongdian h8951-4g-esp_firmware

Classification

Weakness

CWE-201 Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

cert.pl /en/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-49253/
third-party-advisory
cert.pl /posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-49253/
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-49261
NVD CVE-2023-49261

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Summary