Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-51572

CriticalRCE

Published: 01 April 2024

Published
01 April 2024
Modified
07 July 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.3035 96.8th percentile
Risk Priority 38 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-51572 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Voltronicpower Viewpower. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 3.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

CVE-2023-51572 is a command injection vulnerability in Voltronic Power ViewPower Pro that affects the getMacAddressByIp function. The flaw stems from insufficient validation of user-supplied input before it is passed to a system call, enabling remote code execution. The issue was assigned ZDI-CAN-21163 and carries a CVSS score of 9.8 with a CWE-78 classification.

Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit the vulnerability over the network to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges on affected installations. No user interaction or credentials are required, making the attack surface broad for any exposed instance of the software.

The Zero Day Initiative advisory ZDI-23-1878 documents the vulnerability and is available at the referenced URL. The current EPSS score stands at 0.3035 with a recorded peak of 0.3770.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Voltronic Power ViewPower Pro getMacAddressByIp Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Voltronic Power ViewPower Pro. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists…

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within the getMacAddressByIP function. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-21163.

CWE(s)
CWE-78

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

voltronicpower
viewpower
2.0-22165

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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