Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessGain access to management network logs or intercept position
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DeliveryWait for high-privilege admin to access affected endpoint
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ExploitCapture URL containing plaintext access token in query parameters
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ExecutionExtract token value from observed URL
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PersistCraft HTTP request replaying captured token
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ImpactAccess GridTime 3000 management interface as authenticated admin
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Data exposure prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Collection, Discovery The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires that a high-privilege administrator actively navigates to one of the specific affected endpoints on the GridTime 3000 management interface - the token exposure is triggered by legitimate administrative use, not by unsolicited external input. An attacker must additionally be positioned to observe the resulting URLs, which requires one of the following: read access to server-side access logs or reverse proxy logs, a network-intercept position on the management segment (active or passive), access to the administrator's browser history or autocomplete, or receipt of an HTTP Referer header containing the token URL if the management page links to external resources. The requirement for a high-privilege user session (PR:H in the CVSS 4.0 vector) and active user interaction (UI:A) are the primary limiting factors - the vulnerability cannot be triggered remotely against an idle or unauthenticated device. Impact is strictly limited to confidentiality of the access token; no integrity or availability exploitation is possible through this vector alone. |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 base score of 4.6 (Medium) reflects genuinely constrained exploitation conditions: the vulnerable behavior is triggered only when a high-privilege user (PR:H) actively interacts with the affected endpoints (UI:A), and the direct confidentiality impact is rated Low (VC:L), with zero integrity or availability impact. However, the vendor included E:A (Exploit Maturity: Attacked) as a supplemental metric in the same CVSS 4.0 vector, signaling observed exploitation activity - a signal that significantly elevates operational urgency beyond what the base score communicates. Real-world risk is further amplified by the deployment context: GNSS time servers are frequently embedded in critical infrastructure where a stolen management credential, however limited in direct CVSS impact, can serve as a pivot point for broader access or configuration tampering. No EPSS score is available for this CVE in the provided data, and no CISA KEV listing was identified, meaning the E:A signal comes solely from the vendor-supplied vector. The low CVSS confidentiality rating should not be misread as low operational impact - credential exposure in OT/critical timing environments carries outsized downstream consequences. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker with access to a web proxy, load balancer, or server-side access logs on the management network path monitors URLs generated during an administrator's routine session on the GridTime 3000 interface. The attacker extracts the plaintext access token from a logged URL query string and replays it in a crafted HTTP request to the device's management endpoints, successfully impersonating the administrator's session without needing to know their password. No public proof-of-concept tool is identified in the available data, but the technique requires no specialized tooling beyond standard HTTP client capabilities and log-reading access. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jun 19, 2026
Access token exposure in Microchip's GridTime 3000 GNSS Time Server (versions 1.0r0.03 through 1.1r0.0) leaks authentication credentials via URL query parameters on certain management endpoints. Any party capable of observing network traffic, server access logs, HTTP Referer headers, or browser history during a high-privilege administrator session can harvest the exposed token and subsequently impersonate that session. The vendor-supplied CVSS 4.0 vector includes E:A (Exploit Maturity: Attacked), indicating that exploitation activity has been observed in the field, elevating practical urgency beyond what the moderate base score alone implies.
RemediationAI
Consult the Microchip vendor advisory at https://www.microchip.com/en-us/solutions/technologies/embedded-security/how-to-report-potential-product-security-vulnerabilities/gridtime-3000-gnss-time-server-access-token-exposure for the patched firmware release; no specific fix version number is confirmed in the data available at time of analysis, so the exact upgrade target must be verified directly with Microchip before deployment. As immediate compensating controls, restrict management interface access to a dedicated, isolated management VLAN or out-of-band network segment to reduce the population of observers capable of capturing URL traffic - note this does not eliminate server-side log exposure. Enforce TLS on all management endpoints if not already mandatory (this prevents network-layer interception but does not protect tokens already written to access logs). Aggressively restrict read access to web server and proxy access logs to the minimum set of authorized administrators. Rotate all active access tokens immediately on affected devices, and establish a short token rotation schedule going forward to limit the exploitation window if future token exposure occurs. If the device exposes an administrative setting to disable URL-parameter-based token passing in favor of header-based authentication, enable it pending the vendor patch.
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Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The GridTime 3000 is a GNSS-disciplined network time server manufactured by Microchip (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:microchip:gridtime_3000), used for precision time synchronization in environments such as power grids, financial systems, and telecommunications infrastructure. The device exposes a network-accessible management interface with endpoint authentication controlled by an access token. The root cause - CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) - is that this access token is transmitted as a plaintext URL query parameter rather than being confined to an HTTP Authorization header or POST request body. Tokens embedded in URLs are routinely captured in web server access logs, reverse proxy logs, browser address-bar history, browser autocomplete caches, and HTTP Referer headers forwarded to any third-party resources linked from management pages. This creates multiple unintended disclosure vectors even when the management interface is served over TLS, because TLS protects in-transit confidentiality but does not prevent server-side or client-side log capture of URL parameters.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A
Token leaks on network-accessible endpoints (AV:N) only during high-privilege admin sessions with active interaction (PR:H/UI:R), yielding low credential-only confidentiality impact and no integrity or availability effect.
Primary rating from Vendor (Microchip).
CVSS VectorVendor: Microchip
DescriptionCVE.org
The GridTime 3000 GNSS Time Server leaks the access token in the URL parameters of some endpoints.
This issue affects GridTime 3000: from 1.0r0.03 through 1.1r0.0.
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Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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