VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-43971

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability1.73%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-01-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

An arbitrary code exection vulnerability exists in Linksys WUMC710 Wireless-AC Universal Media Connector with firmware <= 1.0.02 (build3). The do_setNTP function within the httpd binary uses unvalidated user input in the construction of a system command. An authenticated attacker with administrator privileges can leverage this vulnerability over the network via a malicious GET or POST request to /setNTP.cgi to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system as root.

Weakness classification

  • trellixpsirt@trellix.com: CWE-78
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-78

Primary references