What is CVE-2023-38942?

CVE-2023-38942 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dango Dango-Translator, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-08-03.

How severe is CVE-2023-38942?

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

RCE in Dango Dango-Translator

CVE-2023-38942

Dango-Translator v4.5.5 was discovered to contain a remote command execution (RCE) vulnerability via the component app/config/cloud_config.json.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2023-08-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (79.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 79.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dango Dango-Translator — versions 4.5.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

github.com/PantsuDango/Dango-Translator (Product)
github.com/PantsuDango/Dango-Translator/issues/127 (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-38942?: CVE-2023-38942 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dango Dango-Translator, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-08-03.
How severe is CVE-2023-38942?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.