CVE-2023-0646
Command Injection in Dst-Admin Project Dst-Admin 1.5.0
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2023-0646 is a medium-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Dst-Admin Project Dst-Admin. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 12% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2023-0646 is a command injection vulnerability in dst-admin 1.5.0 that resides in the /home/cavesConsole endpoint. The flaw arises from unsanitized handling of the command argument and is tracked as CWE-77 with a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.3.
An authenticated remote attacker can supply a malicious command value to the affected interface and achieve arbitrary command execution on the underlying system. Public exploit code for this issue has been released.
The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0626 with no material rise after disclosure. Available references consist of a GitHub repository containing reproduction details and multiple Vuldb entries, but contain no information on official patches or mitigation steps.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-12680
Vulnerability Data
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in dst-admin 1.5.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /home/cavesConsole. The manipulation of the argument command leads to command injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit…
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has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-220033 was assigned to this vulnerability.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
A.8.25 mandates secure SDLC practices including secure coding guidelines, security requirements, checkpoints, testing (scans/penetration), and developer training that reduce command injection defects, but leaves a minority slice (e.g. incomplete implementation of those practices, outsourced development without full assurance, or post-SDLC changes) where the weakness can still arise and be exploitable.
Application security requirements explicitly call for controls against injection flaws including command injection.
A.8.27 mandates security-by-design principles (e.g. distrust external input, secure session control, data validation/sanitization, least privilege) and design reviews that can stop command injection from being introduced, but this is only a minority slice of CWE-77 because the weakness can still arise in code that bypasses those principles, in non-reviewed components, or in runtime injection vectors the architecture review does not reach.
Secure coding standards require proper escaping and parameterization of commands, directly eliminating CWE-77.
Security testing in development catches command-injection vulnerabilities before release.
Hardening callouts derived
DISA STIG baselines are authored against specific weaknesses. Where this CVE cites a broad weakness class, the mapping is not asserted at that abstraction (owner ruling, 2026-09-25: grade only at Base and below), so no rule is shown here rather than a rule shown against the wrong grain.
- No fine-grained STIG row for CWE-77, a class-level weakness, and none of its children carries one either.