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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CVE-2023-38902

High
8.8/10

Summary

A command injection vulnerability in RG-EW series home routers and repeaters v.EW_3.0(1)B11P219, RG-NBS and RG-S1930 series switches v.SWITCH_3.0(1)B11P219, RG-EG series business VPN routers v.EG_3.0(1)B11P219, EAP and RAP series wireless access points v.AP_3.0(1)B11P219, and NBC series wireless controllers v.AC_3.0(1)B11P219 allows an authorized attacker to execute arbitrary commands on remote devices by sending a POST request to /cgi-bin/luci/api/cmd via the remoteIp field.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-77 - Command Injection

A command injection attack involves injecting an operating system command through the data input, which gets executed on the host operating system with the privileges of the victimized application. The impact of a command injection attack may range from loss of data confidentiality and integrity to unauthorized remote access to the hosting system. The attack may cause serious data breaches and system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published