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CVE-2023-27042

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-27042 is a high-severity buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Tenda AX3 V16.03.12.11 routers through the /goform/SetFirewallCfg endpoint. This flaw allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS score of 8.8. Despite its severity, there is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it has not been added to CISA's KEV catalog. Furthermore, the vulnerability has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low level of public awareness or active exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
16.03.12.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:tenda:ax3_firmware:16.03.12.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0090 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / hujianjie123/vuln/blob/main/Tenda/SetFirewallCfg/readme.md
ExploitThird Party Advisory