⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2023-11-13. Federal agencies required to patch by 2023-11-17. Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable..

CVE-2023-36844PHP External Variable Modification in Networks Junos OS

Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
94.3%
top 0.05%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2023-11-13
Due 2023-11-17
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Timeline
PublishedAug 17
KEV addedNov 13
KEV dueNov 17
CISA Required Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Description

A PHP External Variable Modification vulnerability in J-Web of Juniper Networks Junos OS on EX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to control certain, important environment variables. Using a crafted request an attacker is able to modify certain PHP environment variables leading to partial loss of integrity, which may allow chaining to other vulnerabilities. This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS on EX Series: * All versions prior to 20.4R3-S9; * 21.1 versions 21.1

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages2 packages

CVEListV5juniper_networks/junos_os21.121.1*+9
NVDjuniper/junos< 20.4+10

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-f2v8-3pfh-v3xm: A PHP External Variable Modification vulnerability in J-Web of Juniper Networks Junos OS on EX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacke2023-08-17
CVEList
Junos OS: EX Series: A PHP vulnerability in J-Web allows an unauthenticated attacker to control important environment variables2023-08-17
VulnCheck
Juniper Junos OS EX Series PHP External Variable Modification Vulnerability2023

💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Nuclei
Juniper Devices - Remote Code Execution

🔍Detection Rules

2
Suricata
ET EXPLOIT Junos OS - Unauthenticated PHPRC Environmental Variable Modification M2 (CVE-2023-36844 CVE-2023-36845)2023-09-01
Suricata
ET EXPLOIT Junos OS - Unauthenticated PHPRC Environmental Variable Modification M1 (CVE-2023-36844 CVE-2023-36845)2023-09-01

📋Vendor Advisories

2
CISA
Juniper Junos OS EX Series PHP External Variable Modification Vulnerability2023-11-13
Juniper
CVE-2023-36844: A PHP External Variable Modification vulnerability in J-Web of Juniper Networks Junos OS on EX Series allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacke2023-08-17

🕵️Threat Intelligence

2
Bleepingcomputer
CISA warns of actively exploited Juniper pre-auth RCE exploit chain2023-11-13
Bleepingcomputer
Thousands of Juniper devices vulnerable to unauthenticated RCE flaw2023-09-18
CVE-2023-36844 — PHP External Variable Modification | cvebase