CVE-2022-43486 Command injection in WCR-1166DS

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

An administrative attacker can enable hidden debug features to execute arbitrary commands on Buffalo network devices.

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-2022-43486?

CVE-2022-43486 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in BUFFALO INC. WCR-1166DS, 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

Hidden functionality vulnerability in Buffalo network devices allows a network-adjacent attacker with an administrative privilege to enable the debug functionalities and execute an arbitrary command on the affected devices.

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-43486?

It affects 13 products.

Products include Buffalo Wcr-1166ds Firmware, Buffalo Wex-1800ax4 Firmware, Buffalo Wex-1800ax4ea Firmware, Buffalo Wsr-2533dhp2 Firmware, Buffalo Wsr-2533dhp3 Firmware, Buffalo Wsr-2533dhp Firmware and 7 more.

How do I fix CVE-2022-43486?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-43486 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-2022-43486 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43486 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2r4f-phw2-gpqp.

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