THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2023-46456
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2023-46456

Gl Ar300m Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
24.7%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
In GL.iNET GL-AR300M routers with firmware 3.216 it is possible to inject arbitrary shell commands through the OpenVPN client file upload functionality.
Affected vendor
Gl Inet
Affected product
Gl Ar300m Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2023-12-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 24.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2023-46456

  • Confirm whether Gl Inet Gl Ar300m Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2023-46456.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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