Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-29944

CriticalPublic PoCRCE

Published: 08 May 2023

Published
08 May 2023
Modified
29 January 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.1071 93.5th percentile
Risk Priority 26 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-29944 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Metersphere Metersphere. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 6.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

Deeper analysis

MeterSphere version 1.20.20-lts-79d354a6 contains a remote command execution vulnerability in its workbench custom code snippet function. The flaw stems from improper handling of user-supplied input that is passed to system commands, corresponding to CWE-78 OS command injection, and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8 reflecting network-accessible, unauthenticated exploitation with full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.

An attacker with no credentials can send a crafted request to the affected endpoint and execute arbitrary operating-system commands, including the establishment of reverse shells. This grants complete control over the underlying host without requiring user interaction or elevated privileges.

Public references consist of the upstream MeterSphere GitHub repository and third-party sites that reproduce the issue, yet they contain no explicit patch identifiers, fixed versions, or mitigation guidance. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1071 since disclosure, indicating no material increase in observed exploitation activity.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Metersphere v1.20.20-lts-79d354a6 is vulnerable to Remote Command Execution. The system command reverse-shell can be executed at the custom code snippet function of the metersphere system workbench

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

metersphere
metersphere
1.20.20-lts-79d354a6

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-78

Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.

addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

References