CVE-2023-42133

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-10-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-276

Description

PAX Android based POS devices allow for escalation of privilege via improperly configured scripts. An attacker must have shell access with system account privileges in order to exploit this vulnerability. A patch addressing this issue was included in firmware version PayDroid_8.1.0_Sagittarius_V11.1.61_20240226.

Affected products

Paxtechnology Paydroid: before 11.1.61_20240226 — fixed in 11.1.61_20240226

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Paxtechnology Paydroid 11.1.61_20240226. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://blog.stmcyber.com/pax-pos-cves-2023/
https://cert.pl/en/posts/2024/10/CVE-2023-42133
https://cert.pl/posts/2024/10/CVE-2023-42133
https://ppn.paxengine.com/release/development?

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