Vulnerability in Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X (CVE-2023-2378)
Summary
Vulnerability in Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X (CVE-2023-2378). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A vulnerability was found in Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X up to 2.0.9-hotfix.6. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation of the argument suffix-rate-up leads to command injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-227654 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-2378 has been found in Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.2/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X CVE-2023-2378" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2023-2378 (Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X) — CWE-74 / CVSS v3 7.2
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-74) exists in Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.2/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory vuldb.com
- advisory vuldb.com
- exploit github.com
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web cna@vuldb.com
- web cna@vuldb.com
- web cna@vuldb.com
- web cna@vuldb.com
- web github.com