CVE-2023-27224 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue found in NginxProxyManager v.2.9.19 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a lua script to the configuration file.

Published: 2023-03-22

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:jc21:nginx_proxy_manager:2.9.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-31004	An issue found in NginxProxyManager v.2.9.19 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a lua script to the configuration file.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01055.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/LinuxProgramDevelop/NginxProxyManagerCommandInjectVulnInfo/blob/main/Nginx_proxy_manager_Command_Inject_vulnerability.pdf
https://github.com/NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager

History

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Jc21 Nginx Proxy Manager

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-03-22T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-25T20:46:25.301Z

Reserved: 2023-02-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-27224

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:01:32.432Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-22T20:15:12.723

Modified: 2025-02-25T21:15:12.467

Link: CVE-2023-27224

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-77

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