CVE-2022-39044 Command injection in Buffalo network devices

Medium 6.8 Published 7 Dec 2022 Updated 23 Apr 2025

A network-adjacent attacker with administrative privileges can execute arbitrary OS commands on multiple Buffalo network devices via hidden functionality.

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-2022-39044?

CVE-2022-39044 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Buffalo network devices, published on 7 Dec 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Hidden functionality vulnerability in multiple Buffalo network devices allows a network-adjacent attacker with an administrative privilege to execute an arbitrary OS command. The affected products/versions are as follows: WCR-300 firmware Ver. 1.87 and earlier, WHR-HP-G300N firmware Ver. 2.00 and earlier, WHR-HP-GN firmware Ver. 1.87 and earlier, WPL-05G300 firmware Ver. 1.88 and earlier, WZR-300HP firmware Ver. 2.00 and earlier, WZR-450HP firmware Ver. 2.00 and earlier, WZR-600DHP firmware Ver. 2.00 and earlier, WZR-900DHP firmware Ver. 1.15 and earlier, WZR-HP-AG300H firmware Ver. 1.76 and earlier, WZR-HP-G302H firmware Ver. 1.86 and earlier, WLAE-AG300N firmware Ver. 1.86 and earlier, FS-600DHP firmware Ver. 3.40 and earlier, FS-G300N firmware Ver. 3.14 and earlier, FS-HP-G300N firmware Ver. 3.33 and earlier, FS-R600DHP firmware Ver. 3.40 and earlier, BHR-4GRV firmware Ver. 2.00 and earlier, DWR-HP-G300NH firmware Ver. 1.84 and earlier, DWR-PG firmware Ver. 1.83 and earlier, HW-450HP-ZWE firmware Ver. 2.00 and earlier, WER-A54G54 firmware Ver. 1.43 and earlier, WER-AG54 firmware Ver. 1.43 and earlier, WER-AM54G54 firmware Ver. 1.43 and earlier, WER-AMG54 firmware Ver. 1.43 and earlier, WHR-300 firmware Ver. 2.00 and earlier, WHR-300HP firmware Ver. 2.00 and earlier, WHR-AM54G54 firmware Ver. 1.43 and earlier, WHR-AMG54 firmware Ver. 1.43 and earlier, WHR-AMPG firmware Ver. 1.52 and earlier, WHR-G firmware Ver. 1.49 and earlier, WHR-G300N firmware Ver. 1.65 and earlier, WHR-G301N firmware Ver. 1.87 and earlier, WHR-G54S firmware Ver. 1.43 and earlier, WHR-G54S-NI firmware Ver. 1.24 and earlier, WHR-HP-AMPG firmware Ver. 1.43 and earlier, WHR-HP-G firmware Ver. 1.49 and earlier, WHR-HP-G54 firmware Ver. 1.43 and earlier, WLI-H4-D600 firmware Ver. 1.88 and earlier, WLI-TX4-AG300N firmware Ver. 1.53 and earlier, WS024BF firmware Ver. 1.60 and earlier, WS024BF-NW firmware Ver. 1.60 and earlier, WZR2-G108 firmware Ver. 1.33 and earlier, WZR2-G300N firmware Ver. 1.55 and earlier, WZR-450HP-CWT firmware Ver. 2.00 and earlier, WZR-450HP-UB firmware Ver. 2.00 and earlier, WZR-600DHP2 firmware Ver. 1.15 and earlier, WZR-AGL300NH firmware Ver. 1.55 and earlier, WZR-AMPG144NH firmware Ver. 1.49 and earlier, WZR-AMPG300NH firmware Ver. 1.51 and earlier, WZR-D1100H firmware Ver. 2.00 and earlier, WZR-G144N firmware Ver. 1.48 and earlier, WZR-G144NH firmware Ver. 1.48 and earlier, WZR-HP-G300NH firmware Ver. 1.84 and earlier, WZR-HP-G301NH firmware Ver. 1.84 and earlier, and WZR-HP-G450H firmware Ver. 1.90 and earlier.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-39044?

It affects 54 products.

Products include Buffalo Bhr-4grv Firmware, Buffalo Dwr-Hp-G300nh Firmware, Buffalo Dwr-Pg Firmware, Buffalo Fs-600dhp Firmware, Buffalo Fs-G300n Firmware, Buffalo Fs-Hp-G300n Firmware and 48 more.

How do I fix CVE-2022-39044?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-39044 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-2022-39044 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-39044 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mjw8-8wg8-qjw9.