CVE-2023-45744

Published: Apr 17, 2024

Modified: Nov 4, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.3

HIGH

Description

A data integrity vulnerability exists in the web interface /cgi-bin/upload_config.cgi functionality of Peplink Smart Reader v1.2.0 (in QEMU). A specially crafted HTTP request can lead to configuration modification. An attacker can make an unauthenticated HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Peplink	Smart Reader	affected `v1.2.0 (in QEMU)`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-284

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1866

https://forum.peplink.com/t/peplink-security-advisory-smart-reader-firmware-1-2-0-cve-2023-43491-cve-2023-45209-cve-2023-39367-cve-2023-45744-cve-2023-40146/47256

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CVE-2023-45744

Description

Affected Products

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

References