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CVE-2023-0457 — Plaintext Storage of a Password vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Plaintext Storage of a Password vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-F Series, MELSEC iQ-R Series, MELSEC-Q Series and MELSEC-L Series allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to disclose plaintext credentials stored in project files and login into FTP serve

CVSS
7.5 HIGH
EPSS
1.95% (top 16.70%)
CWE
CWE-256
Published
2023-03-03T04:18:15.787Z
Last modified
2025-03-05T20:02:32.364Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

01What is this vulnerability?

Plaintext Storage of a Password vulnerability in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation MELSEC iQ-F Series, MELSEC iQ-R Series, MELSEC-Q Series and MELSEC-L Series allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to disclose plaintext credentials stored in project files and login into FTP server or Web server.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5U-32MT/ES — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5U-64MT/ES — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5U-80MT/ES — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5U-32MR/ES — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5U-64MR/ES — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5U-80MR/ES — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5U-32MT/DS — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5U-64MT/DS — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5U-80MT/DS — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5U-32MR/DS — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5U-64MR/DS — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5U-80MR/DS — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5U-32MT/ESS — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5U-64MT/ESS — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5U-80MT/ESS — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5U-32MT/DSS — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5U-64MT/DSS — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5U-80MT/DSS — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UC-32MT/D — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UC-64MT/D — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UC-96MT/D — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UC-32MT/DSS — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UC-64MT/DSS — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UC-96MT/DSS — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UC-32MT/DS-TS — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UC-32MT/DSS-TS — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UC-32MR/DS-TS — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UJ-24MT/ES — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UJ-40MT/ES — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UJ-60MT/ES — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UJ-24MR/ES — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UJ-40MR/ES — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UJ-60MR/ES — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UJ-24MT/ESS — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UJ-40MT/ESS — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UJ-60MT/ESS — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UJ-24MT/ES-A — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UJ-40MT/ES-A — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UJ-60MT/ES-A — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UJ-24MR/ES-A — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UJ-40MR/ES-A — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5UJ-60MR/ES-A — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5S-30MT/ES — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5S-40MT/ES — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5S-60MT/ES — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5S-80MT/ES — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5S-30MR/ES — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5S-40MR/ES — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5S-60MR/ES — all versions
Mitsubishi Electric CorporationMELSEC iQF Series FX5S-80MR/ES — all versions

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

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

09References

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