# CVE-2023-43850: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can cause a partial denial of service on the Aten PE6208 web interface via improper input validation in user management.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **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:** 28 May 2024
- **Updated:** 18 Mar 2025

## What is CVE-2023-43850?

CVE-2023-43850 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper input validation in the user management function of web interface in Aten PE6208 2.3.228 and 2.4.232 allows remote authenticated users to cause a partial DoS of web interface via HTTP POST request.

Weakness: CWE-1286 (Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-43850?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Aten Pe6208 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-43850?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-43850 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-43850 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-43850 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2023-43845](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43845/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-43844](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43844/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2023-43848](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43848/): Missing authorization in n/a (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2023-43842](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43842/): Missing authorization in n/a (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2023-43843](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43843/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-43850 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-43850 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-43850 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2023-43850/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43850/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-43850
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43850
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-43850

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43850/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.