GL.iNet Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution

A command injection vulnerability exists in multiple GL.iNet network products, allowing an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands via JSON parameters at the gl_system_log and gl_crash_log interface in the logread module. This Metasploit exploit requires post-authentication using the Admin-Token cookie/sessionID (SID), typically stolen by the attacker. However, by chaining this exploit with vulnerability CVE-2023-50919, one can bypass the Nginx authentication through a Lua string pattern matching and SQL injection vulnerability. The Admin-Token cookie/SID can be retrieved without knowing …

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