CVE-2021-20854 Command injection in ELECOM LAN routers

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

An administrator can execute arbitrary OS commands on ELECOM LAN routers via unspecified vectors, requiring admin privileges.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-20854?

CVE-2021-20854 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in ELECOM LAN routers, published on 1 Dec 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

ELECOM LAN routers (WRH-733GBK firmware v1.02.9 and prior and WRH-733GWH firmware v1.02.9 and prior) allows a network-adjacent attacker with an administrator privilege to execute arbitrary OS commands via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-20854?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Elecom Wrh-733gbk Firmware, Elecom Wrh-733gwh Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2021-20854?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-20854 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2021-20854 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-20854 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j37p-fpqx-6gf6.

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