{"vulnerability": "CVE-2023-31742", "sightings": [{"uuid": "16f8c7c9-c08f-4eea-80f7-56cdd8459824", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2023-31742", "type": "seen", "source": "MISP/a9d21043-f825-4bac-8d2b-56fb9e8343e7", "content": "", "creation_timestamp": "2025-10-23T21:13:01.000000Z"}, {"uuid": "15f26570-76b8-4ce2-a7cd-111154149674", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2023-31742", "type": "seen", "source": "https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/admin/http/linksys_wrt54gl_exec.rb", "content": "", "creation_timestamp": "2018-05-29T15:50:33.000000Z"}, {"uuid": "97d5c9cd-adc2-4a6b-91f0-61c7c98b8a64", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2023-31742", "type": "seen", "source": "https://t.me/cibsecurity/64552", "content": "\u203c CVE-2023-31742 \u203c\n\nThere is a command injection vulnerability in the Linksys WRT54GL router with firmware version 4.30.18.006. If an attacker gains web management privileges, they can inject commands into the post request parameters wl_ant, wl_rate, WL_atten_ctl, ttcp_num, ttcp_size in the httpd s Start_EPI() function, thereby gaining shell privileges.\n\n\ud83d\udcd6 Read\n\nvia \"National Vulnerability Database\".", "creation_timestamp": "2023-05-22T20:25:46.000000Z"}, {"uuid": "cb0db1f0-4d01-4830-a38e-cd7086e7667e", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2023-31742", "type": "seen", "source": "https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/admin/http/linksys_wrt54gl_exec.rb", "content": "{\"actions\": [], \"aliases\": [], \"arch\": \"\", \"author\": [\"Michael Messner \"], \"autofilter_ports\": [80, 8080, 443, 8000, 8888, 8880, 8008, 3000, 8443], \"autofilter_services\": [\"http\", \"https\"], \"check\": false, \"default_credential\": false, \"description\": \"Some Linksys Routers are vulnerable to OS Command injection.\\n          You will need credentials to the web interface to access the vulnerable part\\n          of the application.\\n          Default credentials are always a good starting point. admin/admin or admin\\n          and blank password could be a first try.\\n          Note: This is a blind OS command injection vulnerability. This means that\\n          you will not see any output of your command. Try a ping command to your\\n          local system and observe the packets with tcpdump (or equivalent) for a first test.\\n\\n          Hint: To get a remote shell you could upload a netcat binary and exec it.\\n          WARNING: this module will overwrite network and DHCP configuration.\", \"disclosure_date\": \"2013-01-18\", \"fullname\": \"auxiliary/admin/http/linksys_wrt54gl_exec\", \"is_install_path\": true, \"mod_time\": \"2026-02-15 20:36:01 +0000\", \"name\": \"Linksys WRT54GL Remote Command Execution\", \"needs_cleanup\": false, \"notes\": {\"Reliability\": [], \"SideEffects\": [\"ioc-in-logs\", \"config-changes\"], \"Stability\": [\"crash-safe\"]}, \"path\": \"/modules/auxiliary/admin/http/linksys_wrt54gl_exec.rb\", \"platform\": \"\", \"post_auth\": true, \"rank\": 300, \"ref_name\": \"admin/http/linksys_wrt54gl_exec\", \"references\": [\"CVE-2023-31742\", \"URL-http://www.s3cur1ty.de/m1adv2013-01\", \"URL-http://www.s3cur1ty.de/attacking-linksys-wrt54gl\", \"EDB-24202\", \"BID-57459\", \"OSVDB-89421\"], \"rport\": 80, \"session_types\": false, \"targets\": null, \"type\": \"auxiliary\"}", "creation_timestamp": "2026-09-08T06:46:47.384008Z"}]}