CVE-2023-7311 BYTEVALUE Intelligent Flow Control Router Command Injection
Attackers can execute arbitrary shell commands on BYTEVALUE routers via the webRead endpoint, leading to full device compromise and privilege escalation.
- 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-2023-7311?
CVE-2023-7311 is a critical command injection vulnerability in BYTEVALUE (Luoyang Baiwei Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.) Flow Control Router, published on 15 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
BYTEVALUE Intelligent Flow Control Router contains a command injection vulnerability via the /goform/webRead/open endpoint. The `path` parameter is not properly validated and is echoed into a shell context, allowing an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands on the device. Successful exploitation can lead to writing backdoors, privilege escalation on the host, and full compromise of the router and its management functions. VulnCheck has observed this vulnerability being targeted by the RondoDox botnet campaign.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-7311?
How do I fix CVE-2023-7311?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-7311 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-2023-7311 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-7311 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wcr9-x4hr-9wqv.