CVE-2023-40289 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting Supermicro X11SSM-F, X11SAE-F, and X11SSE-F devices running firmware version 1.66. This flaw allows an authenticated attacker with existing BMC administrative privileges to elevate their privileges, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected server. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered community attention and media coverage, indicating its significance.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.66CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:supermicro:x11ssm-f_firmware:1.66:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.66CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:supermicro:x11sae-f_firmware:1.66:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.66CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:supermicro:x11sse-f_firmware:1.66:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.