CVE-2023-31471 is a critical vulnerability affecting GL.iNet devices running firmware versions prior to 3.216, allowing for the installation of arbitrary software, including reverse shells, due to insufficient server-side validation of package installation requests. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely without authentication (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.216CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:gl-inet:gl-s20_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.216CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:gl-inet:gl-x3000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.216CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:gl-inet:gl-mt3000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.216CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:gl-inet:gl-mt2500_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 3.216CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:gl-inet:gl-mt2500a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.