CVE-2023-24508 Remote Code Execution in Baicells RTS Platform

High 8.1 Published Updated

Remote attackers can execute arbitrary shell commands with root privileges via HTTP command injection in Baicells LTE devices.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-24508?

CVE-2023-24508 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Baicells Nova 227, published on 24 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Baicells Nova 227, Nova 233, and Nova 243 LTE TDD eNodeB and Nova 246 devices with firmware through RTS/RTD 3.6.6 are vulnerable to remote shell code exploitation via HTTP command injections. Commands are executed using pre-login execution and executed with root permissions. The following methods below have been tested and validated by a 3rd party analyst and has been confirmed exploitable special thanks to Rustam Amin for providing the steps to reproduce.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-24508?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Baicells Rtd Firmware, Baicells Rts Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2023-24508?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-24508 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-2023-24508 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-24508 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-ggfg-pcqp-37x5.

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