Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-0646

Command Injection in Dst-Admin Project Dst-Admin 1.5.0

Public PoCCommand Injection
Published
02 February 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
CVSS Score v3.1 6.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.032 87th percentile
Risk Priority 56 floored blend · peak EPSS

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, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059); ranked in the top 13% 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)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

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.

CWE(s)
CWE-77

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1059.001 PowerShell Execution
Adversaries may abuse PowerShell commands and scripts for execution.
attack.mitre.org →
T1059.003 Windows Command Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse the Windows command shell for execution.
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T1059.004 Unix Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse Unix shell commands and scripts for execution.
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T1059.008 Network Device CLI Execution
Adversaries may abuse scripting or built-in command line interpreters (CLI) on network devices to execute malicious command and payloads.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-0648Same product: Dst-Admin Project Dst-Admin
CVE-2023-0649Same product: Dst-Admin Project Dst-Admin
CVE-2023-0647Same product: Dst-Admin Project Dst-Admin
CVE-2026-2956Same product: Dst-Admin Project Dst-Admin
CVE-2023-43270Same product: Dst-Admin Project Dst-Admin
CVE-2026-2957Same product: Dst-Admin Project Dst-Admin
CVE-2024-53672Shared CWE-77
CVE-2024-38228Shared CWE-77
CVE-2023-1389Shared CWE-77
CVE-2023-46409Shared CWE-77

Affected Assets

dst-admin project
dst-admin
1.5.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.2.3
  • V1.2.5
  • V1.2.8
  • V1.2.9

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and neutralization that prevent command injection.

DE.CM-09 partial match
prevents

Runtime monitoring of software and data can detect anomalous command execution resulting from injection.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Identifying recorded vulnerabilities enables remediation of command-injection flaws before exploitation.

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.8.28 Secure coding mostly match
prevents

Secure coding standards require proper escaping and parameterization of commands, directly eliminating CWE-77.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing in development catches command-injection vulnerabilities before release.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development life cycle mandates input validation and command construction practices that directly prevent command injection.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements explicitly call for controls against injection flaws including command injection.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles reduce the attack surface but do not prescribe the specific neutralization techniques needed.

A.8.31 Separation of development, test and production environments none match
none

Environment separation limits the blast radius of an exploited command injection but does not prevent the flaw itself.

References