Advisories

Dixell/Copeland XWEB EVO OS Command Injection via devices.lua

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Severity
high
Date
Affecting
  • XWEB EVO >= 5.2.3, <= 5.8.8

CWE
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSS
8.6
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Valentin Lobstein (Chocapikk)
Description
XWEB EVO 5.2.3 through 5.8.8 contains an authenticated OS command injection vulnerability in the devices.lua template handling, which allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands by injecting unescaped template source into unzip and related shell commands. Attackers can exploit this flaw through the wlua interpreter to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the affected device. This product line reached it's end of service date in March 2026.

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