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CVE-2023-1458

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—

A vulnerability has been found in Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X 2.0.9-hotfix.6 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component OSPF Handler. The manipulation of the argument area leads to command injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-223303. NOTE: The vendor position is that post-authentication issues are not accepted as vulnerabilities.

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Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

UI — Edgerouter X Firmware

CWEs

References

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