What is CVE-2023-31983?

CVE-2023-31983 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Edimax Br-6428ns, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-05-12.

How severe is CVE-2023-31983?

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

Is CVE-2023-31983 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Edimax Br-6428ns

CVE-2023-31983

A Command Injection vulnerability in Edimax Wireless Router N300 Firmware BR-6428NS_v4 allows attacker to execute arbitrary code via the mp function in /bin/webs without any limitations.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.249 (97.7th 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

Edimax Br-6428ns — versions v4
Edimax Br-6428ns_firmware — versions 1.10
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

attilaszia/linux-iot-cves

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-31983?: CVE-2023-31983 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Edimax Br-6428ns, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-05-12.
How severe is CVE-2023-31983?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-31983 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.