CVE-2023-2378
Published: 28 April 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-2378 is a medium-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Ui Er-X Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 5.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
A vulnerability rated critical exists in the web management interface of Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X firmware versions up to 2.0.9-hotfix.6. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-2378 and assigned CWE-77, arises from improper handling of the suffix-rate-up argument, which permits command injection. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.3 with network attack vector, low complexity, and low privileges required.
An authenticated remote attacker can supply a crafted value to the affected parameter and execute arbitrary commands on the device. Public proof-of-concept code has been released, enabling straightforward exploitation against exposed management interfaces.
The EPSS score reached a peak of 0.1373 with no subsequent material increase. Available references consist of exploit repositories and vulnerability database entries but contain no official vendor advisory or patch guidance.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-33868
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X up to 2.0.9-hotfix.6. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation of the argument suffix-rate-up leads to command…
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injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-227654 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
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Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.