CVE-2023-2682 Caton Live Mini_HTTPD ping.cgi command injection

Medium 6.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands via the ping.cgi address parameter in Caton Live devices, leading to full system compromise.

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

What is CVE-2023-2682?

CVE-2023-2682 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Caton Live, published on 12 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability was found in Caton Live up to 2023-04-26 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /cgi-bin/ping.cgi of the component Mini_HTTPD. The manipulation of the argument address with the input ;id;uname${IFS}-a leads to command injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-228911. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2682?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Catontechnology Caton Live.

How do I fix CVE-2023-2682?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2682 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-2023-2682 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2682 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-h6v2-5w65-x9jv.

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