What is CVE-2017-9133?

CVE-2017-9133 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mimosa Backhaul Radios, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-05-21.

How severe is CVE-2017-9133?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mimosa Backhaul Radios

CVE-2017-9133

An issue was discovered on Mimosa Client Radios before 2.2.3 and Mimosa Backhaul Radios before 2.2.3. In the device's web interface, after logging in, there is a page that allows you to ping other hosts from the device and view the results. The user is allowed to specify which host to ping, but this variable is not sanitized server-side, which allows an attacker to pass a specially crafted string to execute shell commands as the root user.

EPSS: 0.013 (68.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-74 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection)

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9133?: CVE-2017-9133 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mimosa Backhaul Radios, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-05-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-9133?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.