SB2023080244 - OS Command Injection in APSystems Altenergy Power Control

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28343)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the index.php/management/set_timezone timezone parameter, because of set_timezone in models/management_model.php. A remote unauthenticated attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

References

• https://github.com/ahmedalroky/Disclosures/blob/main/apesystems/os_command_injection.md
• https://apsystems.com
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171775/Altenergy-Power-Control-Software-C1.2.5-Command-Injection.html
• https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-213-01