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CVE-2023-3265

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-08-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-150

Description

An authentication bypass exists on CyberPower PowerPanel Enterprise by failing to sanitize meta-characters from the username, allowing an attacker to login into the application with the default user "cyberpower" by appending a non-printable character.An unauthenticated attacker can leverage this vulnerability to log in to the CypberPower PowerPanel Enterprise as an administrator with hardcoded default credentials.

Affected products

• CyberPower PowerPanel Enterprise: before 2.6.9 — fixed in 2.6.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: CyberPower PowerPanel Enterprise 2.6.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.trellix.com/en-us/about/newsroom/stories/research/the-threat-lurking-in-data-centers.html
• https://www.trellix.com/en-us/about/newsroom/stories/research/the-threat-lurking-in-data-centers.html

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