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CVE-2023-28343

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2023-10-14 by GCVE · kevintel, GCVE · shadowserver.

  • Published2023-03-14
  • WeaknessCWE-78

Am I affected?

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Description

OS command injection affects Altenergy Power Control Software C1.2.5 via shell metacharacters in the index.php/management/set_timezone timezone parameter, because of set_timezone in models/management_model.php.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-03-1420:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2023-04-08Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB
  3. 2023-10-1414:57Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  4. 2023-10-1414:57Exploitation first reportedGCVE

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 15:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Apsystems energy communication unit firmwareversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
—= c1.2.5no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Vendor advisories

  • ICSA-23-213-01 CISA1 known affected

    APSystems Altenergy Power Control

    Altenergy Power Control Software: C1.2.5

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-23-213-01 · 1 productAPSystems has not responded to requests to work with CISA to mitigate this vulnerability. Users of the affected product are encouraged to contact APSystems support for additional information.

Detection

read 2026-11-02 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-51325
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
2 repositories, unverifiedgobysec/CVE-2023-28343superzerosec/CVE-2023-28343
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2023-03-14
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-77pg-3832-hjf8

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-28343?

OS command injection affects Altenergy Power Control Software C1.2.5 via shell metacharacters in the index.php/management/set_timezone timezone parameter, because of set_timezone in models/management_model.php.

Is CVE-2023-28343 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2023-28343 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 84.8% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-28343?

CVE-2023-28343 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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