CVE-2023-36498 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A post-authentication command injection vulnerability exists in the PPTP client functionality of Tp-Link ER7206 Omada Gigabit VPN Router 1.3.0 build 20230322 Rel.70591. A specially crafted HTTP request can lead to arbitrary command injection. An attacker can make an authenticated HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability and gain access to an unrestricted shell.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00781.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Tp-link	Er7206 Er7206 Firmware

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:er7206_firmware:1.3.0:build_20230322_rel_70591:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:er7206:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-40447	A post-authentication command injection vulnerability exists in the PPTP client functionality of Tp-Link ER7206 Omada Gigabit VPN Router 1.3.0 build 20230322 Rel.70591. A specially crafted HTTP request can lead to arbitrary command injection. An attacker can make an authenticated HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability and gain access to an unrestricted shell.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1853
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1853

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1853

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2024-02-06T16:20:15.386Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:15:13.723Z

Reserved: 2023-11-07T22:57:30.277Z

Link: CVE-2023-36498

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T16:45:57.148Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-06T17:15:08.527

Modified: 2025-11-04T19:15:46.107

Link: CVE-2023-36498

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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