An OS Command Injection vulnerability exists in the ping.php script functionality of Advantech R-SeeNet v 2.4.12 (20.10.2020).

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• advantech r-seenet2.4.12

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (talos). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

• n/a Advantech

  • Advantech R-SeeNet 2.4.12 (20.10.2020)affected

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2023-5642Advantech R-SeeNet Unauthenticated Read/Write
  44Plan
• CVE-2021-21801This vulnerability is present in device_graph_page.php script, which is a part of the Advantech R-SeeNet web applications.
  43Plan
• CVE-2021-21804A local file inclusion (LFI) vulnerability exists in the options.php script functionality of Advantech R-SeeNet v 2.4.12 (20.10.2020).
  40Plan
• CVE-2023-2611Advantech R-SeeNet Use of Hard-coded Credentials
  39Monitor
• CVE-2022-3386 Advantech R-SeeNet Versions 2.4.17 and prior are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow.
  39Monitor
• CVE-2022-3385 Advantech R-SeeNet Versions 2.4.17 and prior are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow.
  39Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

User input is inserted as text into a shell command. The shell may interpret special characters in the input as part of the command.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1const host = req.body.host;2exec("ping -c 1 " + host, onResult);

1const host = req.body.host;2if (!/^[a-z0-9.-]{1,253}$/i.test(host)) return res.sendStatus(400);3execFile("ping", ["-c", "1", host], onResult);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.