Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2021-28961 |
CWE-ID | CWE-77 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software |
OpenWrt Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
Vendor | openwrt.org |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU55591
Risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28961
CWE-ID:
CWE-77 - Command injection
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the applications/luci-app-ddns/luasrc/model/cbi/ddns/detail.lua in the DDNS package. A remote authenticated attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsOpenWrt: 19.07.0 - 19.07.7
CPE2.3 External linkshttps://github.com/openwrt/luci/commit/9df7ea4d66644df69fcea18b36bc465912ffc
https://openwrt.org/advisory/2021-08-01-3
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.