CVE-2022-40693 — A cleartext transmission vulnerability exists in the web application functionali

A cleartext transmission vulnerability exists in the web application functionality of Moxa SDS-3008 Series Industrial Ethernet Switch 2.1. A specially-crafted network sniffing can lead to a disclosure of sensitive information. An attacker can sniff network traffic to trigger this

01What is this vulnerability?

A cleartext transmission vulnerability exists in the web application functionality of Moxa SDS-3008 Series Industrial Ethernet Switch 2.1. A specially-crafted network sniffing can lead to a disclosure of sensitive information. An attacker can sniff network traffic to trigger this vulnerability.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Moxa	SDS	3008 Series Industrial Ethernet Switch — 2.1

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-02-07T16:52:04.022Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-03T12:21:46.601Z

09References

• talosintelligence.com — https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1616
• www.moxa.com — https://www.moxa.com/en/support/product-support/security-advisory/sds-3008-serie…