Security Resilience

CVE-2023-36753

RCE in Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000 Firmware ≤ 2.16.0

Published
11 July 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 9.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.015 74th percentile
Risk Priority 62 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-36753 is a critical-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 26% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A vulnerability has been identified in RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 (All versions < V2.16.0), RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000RE (All versions < V2.16.0), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 (All versions < V2.16.0), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500 (All versions < V2.16.0), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501 (All versions <…

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V2.16.0), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1510 (All versions < V2.16.0), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1511 (All versions < V2.16.0), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1512 (All versions < V2.16.0), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1524 (All versions < V2.16.0), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1536 (All versions < V2.16.0), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX5000 (All versions < V2.16.0). The uninstall-app App-name parameter in the web interface of affected devices is vulnerable to command injection due to missing server side input sanitation. This could allow an authenticated privileged remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-36750Same product: Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000
CVE-2023-36752Same product: Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000
CVE-2023-36751Same product: Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000
CVE-2023-36754Same product: Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000
CVE-2023-36755Same product: Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000
CVE-2023-36389Same product: Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000
CVE-2025-40949Same product: Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000
CVE-2025-40948Same product: Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000
CVE-2023-36749Same product: Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000
CVE-2023-36390Same product: Siemens Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000

Affected Assets

siemens
ruggedcom rox mx5000 firmware
≤ 2.16.0
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ruggedcom rox mx5000re firmware
≤ 2.16.0
siemens
ruggedcom rox rx1400 firmware
≤ 2.16.0
siemens
ruggedcom rox rx1500 firmware
≤ 2.16.0
siemens
ruggedcom rox rx1501 firmware
≤ 2.16.0
siemens
ruggedcom rox rx1510 firmware
≤ 2.16.0
siemens
ruggedcom rox rx1511 firmware
≤ 2.16.0
siemens
ruggedcom rox rx1512 firmware
≤ 2.16.0
siemens
ruggedcom rox rx1524 firmware
≤ 2.16.0
siemens
ruggedcom rox rx1536 firmware
≤ 2.16.0
+1 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

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.

blocks

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.

blocks

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

blocks

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.

prevents

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

finds

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.

References