# CVE-2023-5959: Byzoro Smart S85F Management Platform login.php password recovery

> Attackers can bypass authentication via weak password recovery in the login interface, potentially taking over accounts.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p9h2-45x3-q6pj

## What is CVE-2023-5959?

CVE-2023-5959 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Byzoro Smart S85F Management Platform, published on 11 Nov 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Byzoro Smart S85F Management Platform V31R02B10-01. Affected is an unknown function of the file /login.php. The manipulation of the argument txt_newpwd leads to weak password recovery. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-244992. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-640 (Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5959?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Byzoro Smart S85f Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-5959?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5959 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-5959 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5959 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Byzoro Smart S85F Management Platform

- [CVE-2023-5683](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5683/): Byzoro Smart S85F Management Platform importconf.php os command injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-4739](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4739/): Byzoro Smart S85F Management Platform updateos.php unrestricted upload (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-5684](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5684/): Byzoro Smart S85F Management Platform importexport.php os command injection (medium 4.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5959 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-5959 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Byzoro Smart S85F Management Platform, published on 11 Nov 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5959 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Byzoro Smart S85F Management Platform. 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-2023-5959/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5959/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5959
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5959
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5959

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5959/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.