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CVE-2023-24508: Remote Code Execution in Baicells RTS Platform

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.6 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-01-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Baicells Nova 227, Nova 233, and Nova 243 LTE TDD eNodeB and Nova 246 devices with firmware through RTS/RTD 3.6.6 are vulnerable to remote shell code exploitation via HTTP command injections. Commands are executed using pre-login execution and executed with root permissions. The following methods below have been tested and validated by a 3rd party analyst and has been confirmed exploitable special thanks to Rustam Amin for providing the steps to reproduce.

Affected products

• Baicells Rtd Firmware: before 3.7.11.6 — fixed in 3.7.11.6
• Baicells Rts Firmware: before 3.7.11.6 — fixed in 3.7.11.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Baicells Rtd Firmware 3.7.11.6; Baicells Rts Firmware 3.7.11.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://img.baicells.com//Upload/20230118/FILE/BaiBS_RTS_3.7.11.6.IMG.IMG
• https://img.baicells.com//Upload/20230118/FILE/BaiBS_RTS_3.7.11.6_Changelog.PDF.pdf
• https://img.baicells.com//Upload/20230118/FILE/BaiBS_RTS_3.7.11.6.IMG.IMG
• https://img.baicells.com//Upload/20230118/FILE/BaiBS_RTS_3.7.11.6_Changelog.PDF.pdf

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