Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-40069

CriticalRCE

Published: 18 August 2023

Published
18 August 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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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 0.0156 81.9th percentile
Risk Priority 21 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-40069 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Elecom Wrc-F1167Acf Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 18.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

OS command injection vulnerability in ELECOM wireless LAN routers allows an attacker who can access the product to execute an arbitrary OS command by sending a specially crafted request. Affected products and versions are as follows: WRC-F1167ACF all versions, WRC-1750GHBK…

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all versions, WRC-1167GHBK2 all versions, WRC-1750GHBK2-I all versions, and WRC-1750GHBK-E all versions.

CWE(s)
CWE-78

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

elecom
wrc-f1167acf firmware
all versions
elecom
wrc-1750ghbk firmware
all versions
elecom
wrc-1167ghbk2 firmware
all versions
elecom
wrc-1750ghbk2-i firmware
all versions
elecom
wrc-1750ghbk-e 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.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
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.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-78

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

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