What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-40357?

CVE-2023-40357 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.0 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.4%.

Archer Ax10 Firmware CVE-2023-40357

HIGH

OS Command Injection (CWE-78)

2023-09-06 vultures@jpcert.or.jp

Command Injection TP-Link Archer Ax10 Firmware Archer Ax50 Firmware Archer A10 Firmware Archer Ax11000 Firmware

8.0

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

8.0 HIGH

AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Sep 06, 2023 - 10:15 nvd

HIGH 8.0

DescriptionNVD

Multiple TP-LINK products allow a network-adjacent authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands. Affected products/versions are as follows: Archer AX50 firmware versions prior to 'Archer AX50(JP)_V1_230529', Archer A10 firmware versions prior to 'Archer A10(JP)_V2_230504', Archer AX10 firmware versions prior to 'Archer AX10(JP)_V1.2_230508', and Archer AX11000 firmware versions prior to 'Archer AX11000(JP)_V1_230523'.

AnalysisAI

Multiple TP-LINK products allow a network-adjacent authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.0), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as OS Command Injection (CWE-78), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host. Multiple TP-LINK products allow a network-adjacent authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands. Affected products/versions are as follows: Archer AX50 firmware versions prior to 'Archer AX50(JP)_V1_230529', Archer A10 firmware versions prior to 'Archer A10(JP)_V2_230504', Archer AX10 firmware versions prior to 'Archer AX10(JP)_V1.2_230508', and Archer AX11000 firmware versions prior to 'Archer AX11000(JP)_V1_230523'. Affected products include: Tp-Link Archer Ax50 Firmware, Tp-Link Archer A10 Firmware, Tp-Link Archer Ax10 Firmware, Tp-Link Archer Ax11000 Firmware.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Avoid passing user input to shell commands. Use language-specific APIs instead of shell execution. Apply strict input validation with allowlists.