CRLF injection in nginx-ui - CVE-2024-23828
Published: January 28, 2024 / Updated: April 23, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU127232
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23828
CWE-ID: CWE-93
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Nginx UI
Affected software:
nginx-ui
nginx-ui
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the host.
The vulnerability exists due to improper neutralization of CRLF sequences in application configuration handling in app.ini when processing user-supplied input. A remote user can inject crafted input to modify test_config_cmd and start_cmd to execute arbitrary code on the host.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-23828
Install security update from vendor's website.