Description
An arbitrary code execution vulnerability exisits in Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router with firmware <= 4.30.18.006. The Check_TSSI function within the httpd binary uses unvalidated user input in the construction of a system command. An authenticated attacker with administrator privileges can leverage this vulnerability over the network via a malicious POST request to /apply.cgi to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system as root.
Published: 2023-01-09
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-46941 An arbitrary code execution vulnerability exisits in Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router with firmware <= 4.30.18.006. The Check_TSSI function within the httpd binary uses unvalidated user input in the construction of a system command. An authenticated attacker with administrator privileges can leverage this vulnerability over the network via a malicious POST request to /apply.cgi to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system as root.
History

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Subscriptions

Linksys Wrt54gl Wrt54gl Firmware
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: trellix

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-09T14:20:48.368Z

Reserved: 2022-10-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-43973

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:47:04.537Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-09T21:15:10.997

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:27:27.560

Link: CVE-2022-43973

cve-icon Redhat

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