CVE-2023-31986

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Published May 15, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 8.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

A Command Injection vulnerability in Edimax Wireless Router N300 Firmware BR-6428NS_v4 allows attacker to execute arbitrary code via the setWAN function in /bin/webs without any limitations.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:edimax:br-6428ns_firmware:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:edimax:br-6428ns:v4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-36275	A Command Injection vulnerability in Edimax Wireless Router N300 Firmware BR-6428NS_v4 allows attacker to execute arbitrary code via the setWAN function in /bin/webs without any limitations.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 8.2% (8.184% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/Erebua/CVE/blob/main/N300_BR-6428nS%20V4/4/Readme.md

History

Jan 23, 2025 8:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Edimax Br-6428ns Br-6428ns Firmware

Weaknesses

CWE-77

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jan 23, 2025, 7:52 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 15, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Jan 23, 2025, 7:52 PM
Reserved: Apr 29, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 3:03 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 3:03 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:57 AM

Status: Modified
Published: May 15, 2023, 12:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:57 AM

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