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Improper Neutralization of Wildcards or Matching Symbols

CVE-2024-6509

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

Marinus Pfund, member of the AXIS OS Bug Bounty Program, has found the VAPIX API alwaysmulti.cgi was vulnerable for file globbing which could lead to resource exhaustion of the Axis device. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.

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  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
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  • LOW
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  • HIGH

CWE-155 - Improper Neutralization of Wildcards or Matching Symbols

The software receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as wildcards or matching symbols when they are sent to a downstream component.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published