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CVE-2023-27240
published 2023-03-15

CVE-2023-27240: Tenda AX3 V16.03.12.11 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability via the lanip parameter at /goform/AdvSetLanip.

PriorityP185critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
ITWVulnCheck KEV
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
2.77%
84.5th percentile
Tenda AX3 V16.03.12.11 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability via the lanip parameter at /goform/AdvSetLanip.

Affected

1 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
tendaax3_firmware

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

url/goform/AdvSetLanip
snort
alert http any any -> $HOME_NET any (msg:"ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Tenda AX3 Command Injection Attempt (CVE-2023-27240)"; flow:established,to_server; http.method; content:"POST"; http.uri; bsize:19; content:"/goform/AdvSetLanip"; fast_pattern; http.request_body; content:"lanIp|3a|"; pcre:"/^[^\x26]*?(?:(?:\x3b|%3[Bb])|(?:\x0a|%0[Aa])|(?:\x60|%60)|(?:\x7c|%7[Cc])|(?:\x24|%24))+/R"; reference:url,unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/mirai-variant-targets-iot-exploits/; reference:cve,2023-27240; classtype:attempted-admin; sid:2057253; rev:1; metadata:affected_product Tenda, attack_target Networking_Equipment, tls_state plaintext, created_at 2024_11_05, cve CVE_2023_27240, deployment Perimeter, deployment Internal, performance_impact Low, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag Exploit, updated_at 2024_11_05, mitre_tactic_id TA0001, mitre_tactic_name Initial_Access, mitre_technique_id T1190, mitre_technique_name Exploit_Public_Facing_Application; target:dest_ip;)
  • Exploit traffic is HTTP POST only; filter on method POST to /goform/AdvSetLanip (exact URI length 19 bytes)
  • Request body must contain the 'lanIp:' parameter (URL-encoded colon 0x3a); presence of shell metacharacters immediately after the value indicates injection: semicolon (;/%3B), newline (\n/%0A), backtick (`/%60), pipe (|/%7C), or dollar sign ($/%24)
  • Exploitation is observed in the wild as part of Mirai botnet campaigns targeting IoT/networking equipment; correlate with Mirai C2 activity
  • Traffic is plaintext (no TLS); deploy detection at perimeter and internal network boundaries
  • ·Vulnerable only on Tenda AX3 firmware version V16.03.12.11; confirm device model and firmware before triaging alerts

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vulncheck9.8CRITICAL
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