CVE-2022-43654

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-78 OS Command Injections

Publication date:

07/05/2024

Last modified:

08/08/2025

Description

NETGEAR CAX30S SSO Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR CAX30S routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.<br /> <br /> The specific flaw exists within the handling of the token parameter provided to the sso.php endpoint. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-18227.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

8.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:cax30_firmware::::::::		2.1.3.10 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:h:netgear:cax30:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:cax30s_firmware::::::::		2.1.3.10 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:h:netgear:cax30s:-:::::::*

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CVE-2022-43654

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools