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CVE-2023-46453

Public exploit available. Not confirmed exploited in the wild yet. A vendor fix is available.

CVSS 3.19.8CriticalEPSS percentile55th0.8% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
Public exploit: 1 sourceFixVendor fixNo build named by the sources

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, BDU

NVD CVE.org

What to do

The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.

  • GL Tech (HK) Ltd. GL-A1300Affected: 4.4.6Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU
  • GL Tech (HK) Ltd. GL-AX1800Affected: 4.4.6Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU
  • GL Tech (HK) Ltd. GL-AXT1800Affected: 4.4.6Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU
  • GL Tech (HK) Ltd. GL-MT3000Affected: 4.4.6Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU
  • GL Tech (HK) Ltd. GL-MT2500Affected: 4.4.6Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU

Versions as the sources state them. 6 more products have version data. Full version matrix after sign-in

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What it is

From the CVE record

Certain GL.iNet devices with 4.x firmware allow authentication bypass (resulting in administrative control of the device) via a username that is both a valid SQL statement and a valid regular expression. For example, this affects version 4.3.7 on GL-MT3000 GL-AR300M GL-B1300 GL-AX1800 GL-AR750S GL-MT2500 GL-AXT1800 GL-X3000 and GL-SFT1200.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS55th
Public exploit
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

1 source with a proof of concept or module.

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EPSS

0.8% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 55th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

A public exploit existed 63 days before the patch.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. Patch availablepublished, weakness classified, att&ck mapped, record updated
  3. Public exploit / PoCsource: packetstorm

Affected products

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Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Scored 9.8 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
  • User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
  • Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
  • Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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