CVE-2023-26511
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA Hard Coded Admin Credentials issue in the Web-UI Admin Panel in Propius MachineSelector 6.6.0 and 6.6.1 allows remote attackers to gain access to the admin panel Propiusadmin.php, which allows taking control of the affected system.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidencePropius MachineSelector versions 6.6.0 and 6.6.1 contain hard-coded administrative credentials embedded in the web UI admin panel (Propiusadmin.php). Attackers can use these credentials to authenticate as administrators and gain full control of the affected system.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 6.6.0= 6.6.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check installed Propius MachineSelector versionLocate the version file, about page, or header within the application installation directory. Common paths may include a version info file or the main index.php/about section.Affected if The installed version is 6.6.0 or 6.6.1
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Locate the admin panel fileSearch for Propiusadmin.php in the web application root or admin directories. This file contains the hard-coded administrative credentials.Affected if The file Propiusadmin.php exists in the application web directory
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Inspect Propiusadmin.php for hard-coded credentialsOpen Propiusadmin.php in a text editor or use grep/strings to search for hard-coded username and password variables, password fields, or credential strings embedded in the PHP code.Affected if The file contains plain-text or hard-coded administrative credentials (usernames/passwords) that are not sourced from a secure credential store or database
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Verify admin authentication configurationCheck the authentication mechanism in Propiusadmin.php to determine if credentials are statically embedded in the code versus retrieved from a secure backend or external credential store.Affected if Authentication relies on hard-coded credentials stored directly in the PHP file rather than dynamic authentication
You are affected if Propius MachineSelector version is 6.6.0 or 6.6.1 AND the Propiusadmin.php file contains hard-coded administrative credentials that authenticate users to the admin panel.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataRemove all hard-coded credentials from the application, implement proper credential management (e.g., secure storage, hashing), and enforce strong authentication for the admin panel. Consider conducting a full code review to identify any other embedded secrets.
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- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-26511 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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