CVE-2023-38317 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue was discovered in OpenNDS before 10.1.3. It fails to sanitize the network interface name entry in the configuration file, allowing attackers that have direct or indirect access to this file to execute arbitrary OS commands.

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.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Opennds	Opennds

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:opennds:opennds:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/openNDS/openNDS/blob/master/ChangeLog
https://github.com/openNDS/openNDS/releases/tag/v10.1.3
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/captive-portal/opennds
https://www.forescout.com/resources/sierra21-vulnerabilities

History

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-26T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-03T18:01:57.988Z

Reserved: 2023-07-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-38317

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:39:12.261Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-26T05:15:11.553

Modified: 2025-06-03T18:15:23.470

Link: CVE-2023-38317

Redhat

No data.

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