CVE-2024-8881: zyxel gs1900-10hp_firmware OS Command Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-8881 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) OS Command Injection vulnerability in zyxel gs1900-10hp_firmware. EPSS estimates a 0.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 12-11-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 12-11-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A post-authentication command injection vulnerability in the CGI program in the Zyxel GS1900-48 switch firmware version V2.80(AAHN.1)C0 and earlier could allow an authenticated, LAN-based attacker with administrator privileges to execute some operating system (OS) commands on an affected device by sending a crafted HTTP request.

• CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.