Brandon Rothel from QED Secure Solutions and Sam Hanson of Dragos have found that the VAPIX API tcptest.cgi did not have a sufficient input validation allowing for a possible remote code execution. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an operator- or administrator-privileged service account. The impact of exploiting this vulnerability is lower with operator-privileges compared to administrator-privileges service accounts. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.
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Thu, 15 May 2025 09:45:00 +0000

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Description Brandon Rothel from QED Secure Solutions has found that the VAPIX API tcptest.cgi did not have a sufficient input validation allowing for a possible remote code execution. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an operator- or administrator-privileged service account. The impact of exploiting this vulnerability is lower with operator-privileges compared to administrator-privileges service accounts. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution. Brandon Rothel from QED Secure Solutions and Sam Hanson of Dragos have found that the VAPIX API tcptest.cgi did not have a sufficient input validation allowing for a possible remote code execution. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an operator- or administrator-privileged service account. The impact of exploiting this vulnerability is lower with operator-privileges compared to administrator-privileges service accounts. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.
Title Insufficient input validation in VAPIX API tcptext.cgi
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Fri, 08 Nov 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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Description Brandon Rothel from QED Secure Solutions has found that the VAPIX API tcptest.cgi did not have a sufficient input validation allowing for a possible remote code execution. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an operator- or administrator-privileged service account. The impact of exploiting this vulnerability is lower with operator-privileges compared to administrator-privileges service accounts. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution. Brandon Rothel from QED Secure Solutions has found that the VAPIX API tcptest.cgi did not have a sufficient input validation allowing for a possible remote code execution. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an operator- or administrator-privileged service account. The impact of exploiting this vulnerability is lower with operator-privileges compared to administrator-privileges service accounts. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution.
Weaknesses CWE-78

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Axis

Published: 2024-02-05T05:20:24.483Z

Updated: 2025-05-15T11:01:31.331Z

Reserved: 2023-10-20T07:48:06.861Z

Link: CVE-2023-5677

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-05T06:15:46.690

Modified: 2025-05-15T10:15:23.943

Link: CVE-2023-5677

cve-icon Redhat

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