CVE-2022-43466 Command injection in WEX-1800AX4

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

An administrative attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands on Buffalo routers via a crafted request to a CGI program.

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-2022-43466?

CVE-2022-43466 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in BUFFALO INC. WEX-1800AX4, published on 19 Dec 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OS command injection vulnerability in Buffalo network devices allows a network-adjacent attacker with an administrative privilege to execute an arbitrary OS command if a specially crafted request is sent to a specific CGI program.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-43466?

It affects 10 products.

Products include Buffalo Wex-1800ax4 Firmware, Buffalo Wex-1800ax4ea Firmware, Buffalo Wsr-2533dhp2 Firmware, Buffalo Wsr-2533dhp3 Firmware, Buffalo Wsr-2533dhpl2 Firmware, Buffalo Wsr-2533dhpls Firmware and 4 more.

How do I fix CVE-2022-43466?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-43466 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-2022-43466 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43466 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vqc2-jf89-w6m6.

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