CVE-2023-4929: NPort 5000 Series Firmware Improper Validation of Integrity Check Vulnerability
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 35/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.31% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
- Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 6.5, NVD 8.8.
Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
All firmware versions of the NPort 5000 Series are affected by an improper validation of integrity check vulnerability. This vulnerability results from insufficient checks on firmware updates or upgrades, potentially allowing malicious users to manipulate the firmware and gain control of devices.
- Published
- Oct 3, 2023
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 24th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-354
Report tools
Action score
35
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 8.8
- CNA · Moxa
- 6.5
- 2.3 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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- No public exploit code on record
- No fixed version yet
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Is your version affected?
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| moxa | nport 5150ai-m12-ct-t firmware | cpe:2.3:o:moxa:nport_5150ai-m12-ct-t_firmware |
| moxa | nport 5150ai-m12-ct-t | cpe:2.3:h:moxa:nport_5150ai-m12-ct-t |
| moxa | nport 5250ai-m12-ct-t firmware | cpe:2.3:o:moxa:nport_5250ai-m12-ct-t_firmware |
| moxa | nport 5250ai-m12-ct-t | cpe:2.3:h:moxa:nport_5250ai-m12-ct-t |
| moxa | nport 5150ai-m12-t firmware | cpe:2.3:o:moxa:nport_5150ai-m12-t_firmware |
| moxa | nport 5150ai-m12-t | cpe:2.3:h:moxa:nport_5150ai-m12-t |
| moxa | nport 5250ai-m12-t firmware | cpe:2.3:o:moxa:nport_5250ai-m12-t_firmware |
| moxa | nport 5250ai-m12-t | cpe:2.3:h:moxa:nport_5250ai-m12-t |
| moxa | nport 5450ai-m12-ct-t firmware | cpe:2.3:o:moxa:nport_5450ai-m12-ct-t_firmware |
| moxa | nport 5450ai-m12-ct-t | cpe:2.3:h:moxa:nport_5450ai-m12-ct-t |
| moxa | nport 5150ai-m12 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:moxa:nport_5150ai-m12_firmware |
| moxa | nport 5150ai-m12 | cpe:2.3:h:moxa:nport_5150ai-m12 |
and 188 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- moxa nport 5110 firmwareup to 2.10 inclusive
- moxa nport 5110-t firmwareup to 2.10 inclusive
- moxa nport 5110a firmwareup to 1.6 inclusive
- moxa nport 5110a-t firmwareup to 1.6 inclusive
- moxa nport 5130 firmwareup to 3.10 inclusive
- moxa nport 5130a firmwareup to 1.6 inclusive
- moxa nport 5130a-t firmwareup to 1.6 inclusive
- moxa nport 5150 firmwareup to 3.10 inclusive
- moxa nport 5150a firmwareup to 1.6 inclusive
- moxa nport 5150a-t firmwareup to 1.6 inclusive
- moxa nport 5150ai-m12 firmwareup to 1.5 inclusive
- moxa nport 5150ai-m12-ct firmwareup to 1.5 inclusive
- moxa nport 5150ai-m12-ct-t firmwareup to 1.5 inclusive
- moxa nport 5150ai-m12-t firmwareup to 1.5 inclusive
- moxa nport 5210 firmwareup to 2.12 inclusive
- moxa nport 5210-t firmwareup to 2.12 inclusive
- moxa nport 5210a firmwareup to 1.6 inclusive
- moxa nport 5210a-t firmwareup to 1.6 inclusive
- moxa nport 5230 firmwareup to 2.12 inclusive
- moxa nport 5230-t firmwareup to 2.12 inclusive
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Moxa). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Moxa NPort 5000AI-M12 Series
- 1.0 and later · up to and including 1.5affected
Moxa NPort 5100 Series
- 1.0 and later · up to and including 3.10affected
Moxa NPort 5100A Series
- 1.0 and later · up to and including 1.6affected
Moxa NPort 5200 Series
- 1.0 and later · up to and including 2.12affected
Moxa NPort 5200A Series
- 1.0 and later · up to and including 1.6affected
Moxa NPort 5400 Series
- 1.0 and later · up to and including 3.14affected
Moxa NPort 5600 Series
- 1.0 and later · up to and including 3.11affected
Moxa NPort 5600-DT Series
- 1.0 and later · up to and including 2.9affected
Moxa NPort IA5000 Series
- 1.0 and later · up to and including 2.1affected
Moxa NPort IA5000A Series
- 1.0 and later · up to and including 2.0affected
Moxa NPort IA5000A-I/O Series
- 1.0 and later · up to and including 2.0affected
Moxa NPort IAW5000A-I/O Series
- 1.0 and later · up to and including 2.2affected
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-354 · Improper Validation of Integrity Check ValueCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.