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CVE-2023-32622 (GCVE-0-2023-32622)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-30 04:04 – Updated: 2024-12-04 16:01
VLAI
Summary
Improper neutralization of special elements in WL-WN531AX2 firmware versions prior to 2023526 allows an attacker with an administrative privilege to execute OS commands with the root privilege.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-12-04 15:59 UTC
CWE
  • Improper neutralization of special elements in output used by a downstream component ('Injection')
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
WAVLINK TECHNOLOGY Ltd. WL-WN531AX2 Affected: firmware versions prior to 2023526
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wavlink wl-wn531ax2 Affected: 0 , < 2023526 (custom)
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