Goahead
CVE-2017-5675
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Command injection prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.67%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject arbitrary commands into system command execution by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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A command-injection vulnerability exists in a web application on a custom-built GoAhead web server used on Foscam, Vstarcam, and multiple white-label IP camera models. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
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This vulnerability is classified as Command Injection (CWE-77), which allows attackers to inject arbitrary commands into system command execution. A command-injection vulnerability exists in a web application on a custom-built GoAhead web server used on Foscam, Vstarcam, and multiple white-label IP camera models. The mail-sending form in the mail.htm page allows an attacker to inject a command into the receiver1 field in the form; it will be executed with root privileges. Affected products include: Embedthis Goahead.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
A command-injection vulnerability exists in a web application on a custom-built GoAhead web server used on Foscam, Vstarcam, and multiple white-label IP camera models. The mail-sending form in the mail.htm page allows an attacker to inject a command into the receiver1 field in the form; it will be executed with root privileges.
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Attack Technique
OS command injection occurs when an application passes unsanitized user input directly into system shell commands.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
Embedthis GoAhead before 3.6.5 allows remote code execution if CGI is enabled and a CGI program is dynamically linked. R
EmbedThis GoAhead 3.0.0 through 3.4.1 does not properly handle path segments starting with a . Rated high severity (CVSS
A vulnerability in a custom-built GoAhead web server used on Foscam, Vstarcam, and multiple white-label IP camera models
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the processing of multi-part/form-data requests within the base Go
The HTTP Digest Authentication in the GoAhead web server before 5.1.2 does not completely protect against replay attacks
An issue was discovered in Embedthis GoAhead 2.5.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.6), this vulnerability is remotely explo
GoAhead 3.4.0 through 3.6.5 has a NULL Pointer Dereference in the websDecodeUrl function in http.c, leading to a crash f
A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the processing of multi-part/form-data requests in the base GoAhead web serv
An issue was discovered in Embedthis GoAhead before 4.0.1 and Appweb before 7.0.2. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this
An issue was discovered in Embedthis GoAhead before 4.0.1 and Appweb before 7.0.2. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this
An issue was discovered in GoAhead 4.x and 5.x before 5.1.5. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is r
Embedthis GoAhead before 5.0.1 mishandles redirected HTTP requests with a large Host header. Rated medium severity (CVSS
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