CVE-2023-31280
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 · uneditedAn AirVantage online Warranty Checker tool vulnerability could allow an attacker to perform bulk enumeration of IMEI and Serial Numbers pairs. The AirVantage Warranty Checker is updated to no longer return the IMEI and Serial Number in addition to the warranty status when the Serial Number or IMEI is used to look up warranty status.
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 confidenceThe AirVantage Warranty Checker API was returning IMEI and Serial Number values in its lookup response along with warranty status. This enabled attackers to perform bulk enumeration attacks by systematically querying the API with different IMEI/Serial Number pairs, potentially harvesting large volumes of device identification data.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS 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
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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.
-
Test the warranty lookup API responseSend a warranty lookup request to the AirVantage API endpoint and inspect the JSON response payload for the presence of 'imei' or 'serialNumber' fields containing device identification dataAffected if The API response includes IMEI or Serial Number values in the lookup results
-
Review API endpoint configurationExamine the API endpoint configuration or Swagger/OpenAPI documentation for the warranty checker endpoint to identify which fields are returned in the response schemaAffected if The response schema defines IMEI or Serial Number as returned fields
-
Check installed AirVantage versionLocate the installed AirVantage software version using system inventory commands, package manager, or application 'About' information, then compare against the fixed version that removes these fieldsAffected if The installed version predates the fix that stops returning device identifiers
-
Analyze API access logs for enumeration patternsReview API access logs or audit trails for the warranty checker endpoint to identify high-volume lookup requests from single IP addresses or patterns of sequential IMEI/Serial Number queriesAffected if Logs show bulk enumeration activity with systematic IMEI or Serial Number probing
-
Inspect HTTP response headersCapture and examine the full HTTP response from the warranty lookup API including all JSON keys returned, specifically looking for any fields that contain device serial numbers or IMEI identifiersAffected if Any response field contains IMEI or device serial number data
A user is affected if their AirVantage Warranty Checker API returns IMEI or Serial Number values in lookup responses, indicating the vulnerable version is still in use.
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 dataEnsure the AirVantage Warranty Checker has been updated to the version that no longer returns IMEI and Serial Number in lookup responses; verify the fix is active and monitor for anomalous lookup patterns.
- Consultation2.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
An estimate, not a bill — we confirm scope with you before any work starts. Need it this week? Rush from $1,408.
Scan for this in your stack
Free · runs locallyCheck whether your project pulls in CVE-2023-31280 — or any other known-vulnerable package — straight from your lock files. Free and open source; it runs locally and uploads nothing.
References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-31280 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
No notes yet
Be the first to add a field note for this CVE — a mitigation you’ve verified, a version caveat, or a link to a working fix. Sign in above to contribute.
A place for practitioners to share what actually worked: a mitigation you’ve tested, a configuration change, a version- or environment-specific caveat, or a link to a verified patch. The most useful notes rise to the top as peers upvote them, so the signal stays high.
- Verified mitigations, workarounds, and config changes
- Version or environment caveats, and links to real fixes
- No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
- No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data