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Missing Authentication for Critical Function

CVE-2023-45851

High
8.8/10

Summary

The Android Client application, when enrolled to the AppHub server,connects to an MQTT broker without enforcing any server authentication.  This issue allows an attacker to force the Android Client application to connect to a malicious MQTT broker, enabling it to send fake messages to the HMI device

  • LOW
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function

The software does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published