github - ghsa-vqv4-pwx4-w694

ghsa-vqv4-pwx4-w694

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-11-15 00:30

Modified

2025-11-15 00:30

Severity ?

9.3 (Critical) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Details

TG8 Firewall contains a pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in the runphpcmd.php endpoint. The syscmd POST parameter is passed directly to a system command without validation and executed with root privileges. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can supply crafted values to execute arbitrary operating system commands as root, resulting in full device compromise.

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CVE-2021-4470 (GCVE-0-2021-4470)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-11-14 22:50

Modified

2025-11-18 16:20

Severity ?

9.3 (Critical) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE

CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Summary

TG8 Firewall contains a pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in the runphpcmd.php endpoint. The syscmd POST parameter is passed directly to a system command without validation and executed with root privileges. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can supply crafted values to execute arbitrary operating system commands as root, resulting in full device compromise.

References

URL

Tags

	https://ssd-disclosure.com/ssd-advisory-tg8-firewall-preauth-rce-and-password-disclosure/	technical-description, exploit
	https://web.archive.org/web/20211024224240/http://www.tg8security.com/	product
	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tg8-firewall-unauthenticated-rce-via-runphpcmd-php	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	TG8	TG8 Firewall	Version: 0

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