# CVE-2023-1258: Flow-X disclosure of sensitive information to unauthenticated users

> Unauthenticated attackers can access sensitive information from ABB Flow-X embedded hardware, potentially aiding further attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Mar 2023
- **Updated:** 13 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xw5c-xwc7-95gf

## What is CVE-2023-1258?

CVE-2023-1258 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ABB Flow-X, published on 31 Mar 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in ABB Flow-X firmware on Flow-X embedded hardware (web service modules) allows Footprinting.This issue affects Flow-X: before 4.0.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1258?

It affects 8 products.


Products: Abb Flow-X\/C Firmware, Abb Flow-X\/K Firmware, Abb Flow-X\/M Firmware, Abb Flow-X\/P Firmware, Abb Flow-X\/S Firmware, Abb Flow-X\/T Firmware, Abb Flow-X\/Web Firmware, Abb Flow-X R Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-1258?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1258 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-1258 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1258 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- ABB FlowX v4.00 - Exposure of Sensitive Information (exploitdb)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-1258 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-1258 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ABB Flow-X, published on 31 Mar 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1258 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ABB Flow-X. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1258/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1258/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1258
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1258
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1258

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1258/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.