# CVE-2023-27927: CVE-2023-27927

> An authenticated user can retrieve SMTP credentials in cleartext, enabling further attacks against the SAUTER moduWeb system.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Mar 2023
- **Updated:** 17 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cjfj-jrww-fxv8

## What is CVE-2023-27927?

CVE-2023-27927 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAUTER EY-AS525F001 with moduWeb, published on 27 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An authenticated malicious user could acquire the simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) Password in cleartext format, despite it being protected and hidden behind asterisks. The attacker could then perform further attacks using the SMTP credentials.

Weakness: CWE-319 (Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-27927?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sauter-Controls Ey-As525f001 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-27927?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-27927 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-27927 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-27927 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAUTER EY-AS525F001 with moduWeb

- [CVE-2023-28652](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28652/): CVE-2023-28652 (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-22300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22300/): CVE-2023-22300 (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-28650](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28650/): CVE-2023-28650 (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-28655](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28655/): CVE-2023-28655 (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-27927 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-27927 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAUTER EY-AS525F001 with moduWeb, published on 27 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-27927 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAUTER EY-AS525F001 with moduWeb. 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-2023-27927/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27927/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-27927
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27927
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-27927

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27927/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.