CVE-2023-2573

Authenticated Command Injection

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

Advantech EKI-1524, EKI-1522, EKI-1521 devices through 1.21 are affected by an command injection vulnerability in the NTP server input field, which can be triggered by authenticated users via a crafted POST request.

Advantech EKI-1524-CE series, EKI-1522 series, and EKI-1521 series suffer from command injection and buffer overflow vulnerabilities.

*Credits: S. Dietz (CyberDanube), T. Weber (CyberDanube)

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-05-08 CVE Reserved
2023-05-08 CVE Published
2023-05-12 First Exploit
2025-02-13 CVE Updated
2025-07-12 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CAPEC

CAPEC-88: OS Command Injection

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172307/Advantech-EKI-15XX-Series-Command-Injection-Buffer-Overflow.html

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/172307	2023-05-12
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/May/4	2025-02-13
https://cyberdanube.com/en/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-advantech-eki-15xx-series	2025-02-13

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.advantech.com/en/support/details/firmware?id=1-1J9BEBL	2023-05-12
https://www.advantech.com/en/support/details/firmware?id=1-1J9BECT	2023-05-12
https://www.advantech.com/en/support/details/firmware?id=1-1J9BED3	2023-05-12

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Advantech Search vendor "Advantech"	Eki-1521 Firmware Search vendor "Advantech" for product "Eki-1521 Firmware"	<= 1.21 Search vendor "Advantech" for product "Eki-1521 Firmware" and version " <= 1.21"	-	Affected	in	Advantech Search vendor "Advantech"	Eki-1521 Search vendor "Advantech" for product "Eki-1521"	-	-	Safe
Advantech Search vendor "Advantech"	Eki-1522 Firmware Search vendor "Advantech" for product "Eki-1522 Firmware"	<= 1.21 Search vendor "Advantech" for product "Eki-1522 Firmware" and version " <= 1.21"	-	Affected	in	Advantech Search vendor "Advantech"	Eki-1522 Search vendor "Advantech" for product "Eki-1522"	-	-	Safe
Advantech Search vendor "Advantech"	Eki-1524 Firmware Search vendor "Advantech" for product "Eki-1524 Firmware"	<= 1.21 Search vendor "Advantech" for product "Eki-1524 Firmware" and version " <= 1.21"	-	Affected	in	Advantech Search vendor "Advantech"	Eki-1524 Search vendor "Advantech" for product "Eki-1524"	-	-	Safe