# CVE-2023-25649: OS Command Injection Vulnerability in a Mobile Internet Product of ZTE

> An authenticated attacker can execute arbitrary commands on ZTE MF286R devices via insufficient validation in the SET_DEVICE_LED interface.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Aug 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g68x-2w79-87x5

## What is CVE-2023-25649?

CVE-2023-25649 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in ZTE MF286R, published on 25 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

There is a command injection vulnerability in a mobile internet product of ZTE. Due to insufficient validation of SET_DEVICE_LED interface parameter, an authenticated attacker could use the vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands.

Weakness: CWE-77 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-25649?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Zte Mf286r Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-25649?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-25649 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-25649 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25649 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ZTE MF286R

- [CVE-2022-39073](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39073/): Command injection in MF286R (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-39066](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39066/): SQL injection in MF286R (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-39067](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39067/): Memory corruption in MF286R (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2022-39072](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39072/): Cross-site scripting in MF286R,MF289D (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2023-25651](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25651/): SQL Injection Vulnerability in Some ZTE Mobile Internet Products (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-25649 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-25649 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in ZTE MF286R, published on 25 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25649 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ZTE MF286R. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25649/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25649/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25649
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25649
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-25649

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25649/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.