cve-2024-10428
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-10-27 20:31
Modified
2024-10-28 14:44
Severity ?
8.6 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS score ?
Summary
A vulnerability was found in WAVLINK WN530H4, WN530HG4 and WN572HG3 up to 20221028. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function set_ipv6 of the file firewall.cgi. The manipulation of the argument dhcpGateway leads to command injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
References
▼ | URL | Tags | |
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cna@vuldb.com | https://docs.google.com/document/d/11NGSJBOZzbgm_qanDno6SyucWyso7Em6/ | Exploit, Third Party Advisory | |
cna@vuldb.com | https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.281969 | Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
cna@vuldb.com | https://vuldb.com/?id.281969 | Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
cna@vuldb.com | https://vuldb.com/?submit.427272 | Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
Impacted products
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