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CVE-2017-9807

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-06-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

An issue was discovered in the OpenWebif plugin through 1.2.4 for E2 open devices. The saveConfig function of "plugin/controllers/models/config.py" performs an eval() call on the contents of the "key" HTTP GET parameter. This allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary Python code or OS commands via api/saveconfig.

Affected products

• Openwebif Project Openwebif: through 1.2.4

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/02/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99232
• https://census-labs.com/news/2017/10/02/e2openplugin-openwebif-saveconfig-remote-code-execution/
• https://github.com/E2OpenPlugins/e2openplugin-OpenWebif/issues/620
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/02/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99232
• https://census-labs.com/news/2017/10/02/e2openplugin-openwebif-saveconfig-remote-code-execution/
• https://github.com/E2OpenPlugins/e2openplugin-OpenWebif/issues/620

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