Vulnerability · Published Jan 12, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2023-50919

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity improper authentication in the affected software. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 47.8% (higher than 99% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)47.8%top 1.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling1Metasploit

Official description

An issue was discovered on GL.iNet devices before version 4.5.0. There is an NGINX authentication bypass via Lua string pattern matching. This affects A1300 4.4.6, AX1800 4.4.6, AXT1800 4.4.6, MT3000 4.4.6, MT2500 4.4.6, MT6000 4.5.0, MT1300 4.3.7, MT300N-V2 4.3.7, AR750S 4.3.7, AR750 4.3.7, AR300M 4.3.7, and B1300 4.3.7.

Affected products (as reported)

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Weakness: CWE-287 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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