CVE-2023-22844 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the requestHandlers.js verifyToken functionality of Milesight VPN v2.0.2. A specially-crafted network request can lead to authentication bypass. An attacker can send a network request to trigger this vulnerability.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00759.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Milesight

MilesightVPN

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`v2.0.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:milesight:milesightvpn:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Milesight Subscribe	Milesightvpn Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-26955	An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the requestHandlers.js verifyToken functionality of Milesight VPN v2.0.2. A specially-crafted network request can lead to authentication bypass. An attacker can send a network request to trigger this vulnerability.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1700
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1700

History

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1700

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2023-07-06T14:53:33.273Z

Updated: 2025-03-05T18:54:30.930Z

Reserved: 2023-01-20T17:32:00.545Z

Link: CVE-2023-22844

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:20:30.773Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-06T15:15:11.270

Modified: 2026-06-17T05:36:16.410

Link: CVE-2023-22844

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-321

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