Brandon
Rothel from QED Secure Solutions and Sam Hanson of Dragos have found that the VAPIX API tcptest.cgi
did not have a sufficient input validation allowing for a possible remote code
execution. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an
operator- or administrator-privileged service account. The impact of exploiting
this vulnerability is lower with operator-privileges compared to
administrator-privileges service accounts. Please refer to the Axis security advisory
for more information and solution.
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Description | Brandon Rothel from QED Secure Solutions has found that the VAPIX API tcptest.cgi did not have a sufficient input validation allowing for a possible remote code execution. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an operator- or administrator-privileged service account. The impact of exploiting this vulnerability is lower with operator-privileges compared to administrator-privileges service accounts. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution. | Brandon Rothel from QED Secure Solutions and Sam Hanson of Dragos have found that the VAPIX API tcptest.cgi did not have a sufficient input validation allowing for a possible remote code execution. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an operator- or administrator-privileged service account. The impact of exploiting this vulnerability is lower with operator-privileges compared to administrator-privileges service accounts. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution. |
Title | Insufficient input validation in VAPIX API tcptext.cgi | |
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Fri, 08 Nov 2024 08:30:00 +0000
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Description | Brandon Rothel from QED Secure Solutions has found that the VAPIX API tcptest.cgi did not have a sufficient input validation allowing for a possible remote code execution. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an operator- or administrator-privileged service account. The impact of exploiting this vulnerability is lower with operator-privileges compared to administrator-privileges service accounts. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution. | Brandon Rothel from QED Secure Solutions has found that the VAPIX API tcptest.cgi did not have a sufficient input validation allowing for a possible remote code execution. This flaw can only be exploited after authenticating with an operator- or administrator-privileged service account. The impact of exploiting this vulnerability is lower with operator-privileges compared to administrator-privileges service accounts. Axis has released patched AXIS OS versions for the highlighted flaw. Please refer to the Axis security advisory for more information and solution. |
Weaknesses | CWE-78 |

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Axis
Published: 2024-02-05T05:20:24.483Z
Updated: 2025-06-17T21:29:24.839Z
Reserved: 2023-10-20T07:48:06.861Z
Link: CVE-2023-5677

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:07:32.550Z

Status : Modified
Published: 2024-02-05T06:15:46.690
Modified: 2025-05-15T10:15:23.943
Link: CVE-2023-5677

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