CVE-2023-2520: Caton Prime Ping command injection

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-05-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-77

Description

A vulnerability was found in Caton Prime 2.1.2.51.e8d7225049(202303031001) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file cgi-bin/tools_ping.cgi?action=Command of the component Ping Handler. The manipulation of the argument Destination leads to command injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-228011. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected products

Caton Prime: 2.1.2.51.e8d7225049(202303031001)

References

https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.228011
https://vuldb.com/?id.228011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1y7CXjJDmU
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.228011
https://vuldb.com/?id.228011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1y7CXjJDmU

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