CVE-2023-33237
Authentication Bypass Without Administrator Privilege
TN-5900 Series firmware version v3.3 and prior is vulnerable to improper-authentication vulnerability. This vulnerability arises from inadequate authentication measures implemented in the web API handler, allowing low-privileged APIs to execute restricted actions that only high-privileged APIs are allowed This presents a potential risk of unauthorized exploitation by malicious actors.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Authentication Bypass Without Administrator Privilege
TN-5900 Series firmware version v3.3 and prior is vulnerable to improper-authentication vulnerability. This vulnerability arises from inadequate authentication measures implemented in the web API handler, allowing low-privileged APIs to execute restricted actions that only high-privileged APIs are allowed This presents a potential risk of unauthorized exploitation by malicious actors.
- Record
CVE-2023-33237- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-37406
TN-5900 Series firmware version v3.3 and prior is vulnerable to improper-authentication vulnerability. This vulnerability arises from inadequate authentication measures implemented in the web API handler, allowing low-privileged APIs to execute restricted actions that only high-privileged APIs are allowed This presents a potential risk of unauthorized exploitation by malicious actors.
- Record
EUVD-2023-37406- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p33g-779c-ccmq
TN-5900 Series firmware version v3.3 and prior is vulnerable to improper-authentication...
TN-5900 Series firmware version v3.3 and prior is vulnerable to improper-authentication vulnerability. This vulnerability arises from inadequate authentication measures implemented in the web API handler, allowing low-privileged APIs to execute restricted actions that only high-privileged APIs are allowed This presents a potential risk of unauthorized exploitation by malicious actors.
- Record
GHSA-p33g-779c-ccmq- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-287, CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
TN-5900 Series firmware version v3.3 and prior is vulnerable to improper-authentication vulnerability. This vulnerability arises from inadequate authentication measures implemented in the web API handler, allowing low-privileged APIs to execute restricted actions that only high-privileged APIs are allowed This presents a potential risk of unauthorized exploitation by malicious actors.
- Record
CVE-2023-33237- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-863, CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-33237 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Moxa Tn-5900, published August 17, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.63%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.