CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2023-5499 — Reachfargps Reachfar Gps Firmware security vulnerability

High CVSS 7.5

Information exposure vulnerability in Shenzhen Reachfar v28, the exploitation of which could allow a remote attacker to retrieve all the week's logs stored in the 'log2' directory. An attacker could retrieve sensitive information such as remembered wifi networks, sent messages, SOS device locations and device configurations.

Severity
High
CVSS
7.5 (3.1)
Published
2023-10-10
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-532

Affected products

  • reachfargps / reachfar_gps_firmware / 28

Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

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