What is CVE-2023-49226?

CVE-2023-49226 is a high-severity vulnerability in Peplink Balance Two, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2023-12-25.

How severe is CVE-2023-49226?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

RCE in Peplink Balance Two

CVE-2023-49226

An issue was discovered in Peplink Balance Two before 8.4.0. Command injection in the traceroute feature of the administration console allows users with admin privileges to execute arbitrary commands as root.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.034 (87.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Peplink Balance_two
Peplink Balance_two_firmware
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-49226?: CVE-2023-49226 is a high-severity vulnerability in Peplink Balance Two, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2023-12-25.
How severe is CVE-2023-49226?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.