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

CVE-2023-49226

High
7.2/10

Summary

An issue was discovered in Peplink Balance Two before 8.4.0. Command injection in the traceroute feature of the administration console allows users with admin privileges to execute arbitrary commands as root.

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