# CVE-2023-45228: Sielco Radio Link and Analog FM Transmitters Improper Access Control

> Attackers with read access can modify user credentials and permissions via HTTP POST requests, leading to privilege escalation on Sielco radio and FM devices.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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:** 26 Oct 2023
- **Updated:** 16 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mmp7-w4pj-53qf

## What is CVE-2023-45228?

CVE-2023-45228 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Sielco Analog FM transmitter, published on 26 Oct 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The application suffers from improper access control when editing users.
 A user with read permissions can manipulate users, passwords, and 
permissions by sending a single HTTP POST request with modified 
parameters.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-45228?

It affects 15 products.


Products: Sielco Analog Fm Transmitter Exc1000gt Firmware, Sielco Analog Fm Transmitter Exc1000gx Firmware, Sielco Analog Fm Transmitter Exc100gt Firmware, Sielco Analog Fm Transmitter Exc120gt Firmware, Sielco Analog Fm Transmitter Exc120gx Firmware, Sielco Analog Fm Transmitter Exc1600gx Firmware, Sielco Analog Fm Transmitter Exc2000gx Firmware, Sielco Analog Fm Transmitter Exc3000gx Firmware, Sielco Analog Fm Transmitter Exc300gt Firmware, Sielco Analog Fm Transmitter Exc300gx Firmware, Sielco Analog Fm Transmitter Exc30gt Firmware, Sielco Analog Fm Transmitter Exc5000gt Firmware, Sielco Analog Fm Transmitter Exc5000gx Firmware, Sielco Radio Link Exc19 Firmware, Sielco Radio Link Rtx19 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-45228?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-45228 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-45228 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-45228 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sielco Analog FM transmitter

- [CVE-2023-42769](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-42769/): Sielco Radio Link and Analog FM Transmitters Improper Access Control (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-45317](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45317/): Sielco Radio Link and Analog FM Transmitters Cross-Site Request Forgery (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-41966](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41966/): Sielco Radio Link and Analog FM Transmitters Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-45228 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-45228 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Sielco Analog FM transmitter, published on 26 Oct 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-2023-45228 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sielco Analog FM transmitter. 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-2023-45228/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45228/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45228
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45228
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-45228

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45228/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.