CVE-2023-49260 — An XSS attack can be performed by changing the MOTD banner and pointing the vict

An XSS attack can be performed by changing the MOTD banner and pointing the victim to the "terminal_tool.cgi" path. It can be used together with the vulnerability CVE-2023-49255.

01What is this vulnerability?

An XSS attack can be performed by changing the MOTD banner and pointing the victim to the "terminal_tool.cgi" path. It can be used together with the vulnerability CVE-2023-49255.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Hongdian	H8951	4G-ESP — 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

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-01-12T14:25:17.934Z
• Last modified: 2025-06-03T14:05:05.756Z

09References

• cert.pl — https://cert.pl/en/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-49253/
• cert.pl — https://cert.pl/posts/2024/01/CVE-2023-49253/