CVE-2023-23551 — Control By Web X-600M devices run Lua scripts and are vulnerable to code injecti

Control By Web X-600M devices run Lua scripts and are vulnerable to code injection, which could allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code.

01What is this vulnerability?

Control By Web X-600M devices run Lua scripts and are vulnerable to code injection, which could allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Control By Web	X	600M devices — 0

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: 2023-02-13T17:02:21.252Z
• Last modified: 2025-01-16T21:57:22.829Z

09References

• www.cisa.gov — https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-23-040-01