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

CVE-2025-24938

High
8.4/10

Summary

The web application allows user input to pass unfiltered to a command executed on the underlying operating system. An attacker with high privileged access (administrator) to the application has the potential execute commands on the operating system under the context of the webserver. The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends up to and including the entire Internet. Has the potential to inject command while creating a new User from User Management.

  • LOW
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • CHANGED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-78 - OS Command Injection

The OS command injection weakness (also known as shell injection) is a vulnerability which enables an attacker to run arbitrary OS commands on a server. This is done by modifying the intended downstream OS command and injecting arbitrary commands, enabling the execution of unauthorized OS commands. This has the potential to fully compromise the application along with all of its data, and, if the compromised process does not follow the principle of least privileges, it may compromise other parts of the hosting infrastructure as well. This weakness is listed as number ten in the 'CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses'.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published