What is CVE-2022-28573?

CVE-2022-28573 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dlink Dir-823 Pro, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-05-02.

How severe is CVE-2022-28573?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Dlink Dir-823 Pro

CVE-2022-28573

D-Link DIR-823-Pro v1.0.2 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability in the function SetNTPserverSeting. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the system_time_timezone parameter.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.282 (97.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Dlink Dir-823_pro
Dlink Dir-823_pro_firmware — versions 1.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-28573?: CVE-2022-28573 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dlink Dir-823 Pro, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2022-28573?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.