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Public proof of concept

CVE-2023-5462

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2023-10-09
  • WeaknessCWE-404

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Description

A vulnerability was found in XINJE XD5E-30R-E 3.5.3b. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Modbus Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-241585 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-10-0922:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD · CISA-ADP
Xinje xd5e-30r-e firmwareversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
3.5= 3.5.3bno fix published

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

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2024-06-05
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionpoc—
  • CNACVSS 3.16.5read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
  • CNACVSS 2.06.1read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-404read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.1 %2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2023-10-09
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5462?

A vulnerability was found in XINJE XD5E-30R-E 3.5.3b. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Modbus Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-241585 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Is CVE-2023-5462 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2023-5462, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-5462?

CVE-2023-5462 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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