CVE-2023-50921

CRITICAL

GL.iNet Firmware - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via add_user Interface

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered on GL.iNet devices through 4.5.0. Attackers can invoke the add_user interface in the system module to gain root privileges. This affects A1300 4.4.6, AX1800 4.4.6, AXT1800 4.4.6, MT3000 4.4.6, MT2500 4.4.6, MT6000 4.5.0, MT1300 4.3.7, MT300N-V2 4.3.7, AR750S 4.3.7, AR750 4.3.7, AR300M 4.3.7, and B1300 4.3.7.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0052
EPSS Percentile 39.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (12)
gl-inet/gl-a1300_firmware 4.4.6
gl-inet/gl-ar300m_firmware 4.3.7
gl-inet/gl-ar750_firmware 4.3.7
gl-inet/gl-ar750s_firmware 4.3.7
gl-inet/gl-ax1800_firmware 4.4.6
gl-inet/gl-axt1800_firmware 4.4.6
gl-inet/gl-b1300_firmware 4.3.7
gl-inet/gl-mt1300_firmware 4.3.7
gl-inet/gl-mt2500_firmware 4.4.6
gl-inet/gl-mt3000_firmware 4.4.6
... and 2 more
Published Jan 03, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026