A command injection vulnerability in the CGI program of Zyxel NR7101 firmware prior to V1.15(ACCC.3)C0, which could allow an authenticated a
A command injection vulnerability in the CGI program of Zyxel NR7101 firmware prior to V1.15(ACCC.3)C0, which could allow an authenticated attacker to execute some OS commands on a vulnerable device by sending a crafted HTTP request.
- Published
- Jan 10, 2023
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.1% · 64th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-78
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Action score
35
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.1%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 8.8
- CNA · Zyxel
- 5.4
- 3.4 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| zyxel | lte7480-m804 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:lte7480-m804_firmware |
| zyxel | lte7480-m804 | cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:lte7480-m804 |
| zyxel | lte7490-m904 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:lte7490-m904_firmware |
| zyxel | lte7490-m904 | cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:lte7490-m904 |
| zyxel | nebula nr5101 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:nebula_nr5101_firmware |
| zyxel | nebula nr5101 | cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:nebula_nr5101 |
| zyxel | nebula nr7101 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:nebula_nr7101_firmware |
| zyxel | nebula nr7101 | cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:nebula_nr7101 |
| zyxel | nr5101 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:nr5101_firmware |
| zyxel | nr5101 | cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:nr5101 |
| zyxel | nr7101 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:nr7101_firmware |
| zyxel | nr7101 | cpe:2.3:h:zyxel:nr7101 |
and 66 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- zyxel ax7501-b0 firmwareall versions
- zyxel dx3301-t0 firmwareall versions
- zyxel dx4510-b1 firmwareall versions
- zyxel dx5401-b0 firmwareall versions
- zyxel emg3525-t50b firmwareall versions
- zyxel emg5523-t50b firmwareall versions
- zyxel emg5723-t50k firmwareall versions
- zyxel ex3301-t0 firmwareall versions
- zyxel ex3510-b0 firmwarebefore 5.17\(abup.7\)c0
- zyxel ex5401-b0 firmwareall versions
- zyxel ex5501-b0 firmwareall versions
- zyxel ex5510-b0 firmwarebefore 5.17\(abqx.7\)c0
- zyxel ex5512-t0 firmwareall versions
- zyxel ex5600-t1 firmwareall versions
- zyxel ex5601-t0 firmwareall versions
- zyxel ex5601-t1 firmwareall versions
- zyxel lte7480-m804 firmwarebefore 1.00\(abra.6\)c0
- zyxel lte7490-m904 firmwarebefore 1.00\(abqy.5\)c0
- zyxel nebula nr5101 firmwarebefore 1.15\(accg.3\)c0
- zyxel nebula nr7101 firmwarebefore 1.15\(accc.3\)c0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Zyxel). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Zyxel NR7101 firmware
- < V1.15(ACCC.3)C0affected
Same product
zyxel: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2023-27989A buffer overflow vulnerability in the CGI program of the Zyxel NR7101 firmware versions prior to V1.00(ABUV.8)C0 could allow a remote auth26Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
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.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-78 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
const host = req.body.host;exec("ping -c 1 " + host, onResult);Fixed
const host = req.body.host;if (!/^[a-z0-9.-]{1,253}$/i.test(host)) return res.sendStatus(400);execFile("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.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Command Line Execution through SQL InjectionCAPEC-108likelihood: Low · Very High
- Command DelimitersCAPEC-15likelihood: High · High
- Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation LayersCAPEC-43likelihood: Medium · High
- Argument InjectionCAPEC-6likelihood: High · High
- OS Command InjectionCAPEC-88likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
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Noroxi analysis
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.