Loading HuntDB...
Hunt
Vulnerability Intelligence by wss.sh
Home Daily Briefings High Impact CVEs Recent Exploits KEV Catalog GitHub Advisories Latest Updates Security News
Sign In Sign Up

CVE-2022-43970

HIGH
Published 2023-01-09T00:00:00.000Z
Actions:

Expert Analysis

Professional remediation guidance

Get tailored security recommendations from our analyst team for CVE-2022-43970. We'll provide specific mitigation strategies based on your environment and risk profile.

CVSS Score

V3.1
7.2
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.032
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 3.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.864
Higher than 86.4% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router with firmware <= 4.30.18.006. A stack-based buffer overflow in the Start_EPI function within the httpd binary allows an authenticated attacker with administrator privileges to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system as root. This vulnerablity can be triggered over the network via a malicious POST request to /apply.cgi.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Linksys

WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router

Affected Versions:

Firmware

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-f4c9-fwv7-5pmf

Advisory Details

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router with firmware <= 4.30.18.006. A stack-based buffer overflow in the Start_EPI function within the httpd binary allows an authenticated attacker with administrator privileges to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system as root. This vulnerablity can be triggered over the network via a malicious POST request to /apply.cgi.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43970
WEB https://youtu.be/73-1lhvJPNg
WEB https://youtu.be/RfWVYCUBNZ0
WEB https://youtu.be/TeWAmZaKQ_w

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: January 9, 2023, Modified: January 13, 2023

References

https://youtu.be/73-1lhvJPNg
https://youtu.be/TeWAmZaKQ_w
https://youtu.be/RfWVYCUBNZ0
Published: 2023-01-09T00:00:00.000Z
Last Modified: 2025-04-09T14:26:11.008Z
Copied to clipboard!