Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-31447

CriticalRCE

Published: 21 August 2023

Published
21 August 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
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 0.0061 70.2th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-31447 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Draytek Vigor2620 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 29.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

user_login.cgi on Draytek Vigor2620 devices before 3.9.8.4 (and on all versions of Vigor2925 devices) allows attackers to send a crafted payload to modify the content of the code segment, insert shellcode, and execute arbitrary code.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

draytek
vigor2620 firmware
≤ 3.9.8.4
draytek
vigor2625 firmware
all versions

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-94

Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.

addresses: CWE-94

Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.

addresses: CWE-94

Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.

addresses: CWE-94

Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.

References