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CVE-2023-5372· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Zyxel

The post-authentication command injection vulnerability in Zyxel NAS326 firmware versions through V5.21(AAZF.15)C0 and NAS542 firmware versi

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 37/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 28.4% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 98.1% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

The post-authentication command injection vulnerability in Zyxel NAS326 firmware versions through V5.21(AAZF.15)C0 and NAS542 firmware versions through V5.21(ABAG.12)C0 could allow an authenticated attacker with administrator privileges to execute some operating system (OS) commands by sending a crafted query parameter attached to the URL of an affected device’s web management interface.

HighCVSS 7.2 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Jan 29, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
28.4% · 98th percentile

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Action score

37

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
28 / 40 · 7.2 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
9 / 30 · 28.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · Zyxel
7.2
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
zyxelnas326 firmware
zyxelnas326
zyxelnas542 firmware
zyxelnas542

Affected versions

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

  • zyxel nas326 firmwarebefore 5.21\(aazf.16\)c0
  • zyxel nas542 firmwarebefore 5.21\(abag.13\)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 NAS326 firmware

    • <= V5.21(AAZF.15)C0affected

  • Zyxel NAS542 firmware

    • <= V5.21(ABAG.12)C0affected

Same product

zyxel: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2020-9054ZyXEL NAS products running firmware version 5.21 and earlier are vulnerable to pre-authentication command injection in weblogin.cgiKEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2023-27992The pre-authentication command injection vulnerability in the Zyxel NAS326 firmware versions prior to V5.21(AAZF.14)C0, NAS540 firmware versKEV
    94Now
  • CVE-2024-29972** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** The command injection vulnerability in the CGI program "remote_help-cgi" in Zyxel NAS326 firmware versions b
    66This week
  • CVE-2024-29973** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** The command injection vulnerability in the “setCookie” parameter in Zyxel NAS326 firmware versions before V5
    65This week
  • CVE-2023-37928A post-authentication command injection vulnerability in the WSGI server of the Zyxel NAS326 firmware version V5.21(AAZF.14)C0 and NAS542 fi
    53Plan
  • CVE-2023-4473A command injection vulnerability in the web server of the Zyxel NAS326 firmware version V5.21(AAZF.14)C0 and NAS542 firmware version V5.21(
    51Plan

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.

EPSS, last 120 days

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 researchers

Finders, 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.

  • CVE-2023-27992224 days apartThe pre-authentication command injection vulnerability in the Zyxel NAS326 firmware versions prior to V5.21(AAZF.14)C0, NAS540 firmware versKEV
    94Now
  • CVE-2024-29972126 days apart** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** The command injection vulnerability in the CGI program "remote_help-cgi" in Zyxel NAS326 firmware versions b
    66This week
  • CVE-2024-29973126 days apart** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** The command injection vulnerability in the “setCookie” parameter in Zyxel NAS326 firmware versions before V5
    65This week
  • CVE-2023-3792861 days apartA post-authentication command injection vulnerability in the WSGI server of the Zyxel NAS326 firmware version V5.21(AAZF.14)C0 and NAS542 fi
    53Plan
  • CVE-2023-447361 days apartA command injection vulnerability in the web server of the Zyxel NAS326 firmware version V5.21(AAZF.14)C0 and NAS542 firmware version V5.21(
    51Plan
  • CVE-2023-3513861 days apartA command injection vulnerability in the “show_zysync_server_contents” function of the Zyxel NAS326 firmware version V5.21(AAZF.14)C0 and NA
    51Plan

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

  • CVE-2023-3513761 days apartAn improper authentication vulnerability in the authentication module of the Zyxel NAS326 firmware version V5.21(AAZF.14)C0 and NAS542 firmw
    30Monitor

Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • 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
High
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:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-secondary

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 class

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

Vulnerable

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

Fixed

ts
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

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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