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CVE-2022-43970

high · 7.2

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router with firmware <= 4.30.18.006. A stack-based buffer overflow in the Start_EPI function within the httpd binary allows an authenticated attacker with administrator privileges to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system as root. This vulnerablity can be triggered over the network via a malicious POST request to /apply.cgi.

7.2
CVSS
19.3%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
97th
EPSS percentile
2023-01-09
Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-120CWE-787

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
linksyswrt54gl_firmware<= 4.30.18.006
linksyswrt54glall versions

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References

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