CVE-2023-38316

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-11-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-116

Description

An issue was discovered in OpenNDS Captive Portal before version 10.1.2. When the custom unescape callback is enabled, attackers can execute arbitrary OS commands by inserting them into the URL portion of HTTP GET requests. Affected OpenNDS Captive Portal before version 10.1.2 fixed in OpenWrt master, OpenWrt 23.05 and OpenWrt 22.03 on 28. August 2023 by updating OpenNDS to version 10.1.3.

Affected products

openNDS Captive Portal: before 10.1.2 — fixed in 10.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: openNDS Captive Portal 10.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/openNDS/openNDS/releases/tag/v10.1.2
https://github.com/openwrt/routing/commit/0b19771fb2dd81e7c428759610aed583171eed80
https://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/security-bulletins/sierra-wireless-technical-bulletin---swi-psa-2023-006-v4/#sthash.2vJg3d85.rwx82g1C.dpbs
https://github.com/openNDS/openNDS/releases/tag/v10.1.2
https://github.com/openwrt/routing/commit/0b19771fb2dd81e7c428759610aed583171eed80
https://source.sierrawireless.com/resources/security-bulletins/sierra-wireless-technical-bulletin---swi-psa-2023-006-v4/#sthash.2vJg3d85.rwx82g1C.dpbs

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