An issue was discovered in OpenNDS before 10.1.3. It fails to sanitize the status path script entry in the configuration file, allowing attackers that have direct or indirect access to this file to execute arbitrary OS commands.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-38323 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.32%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-03-04 | 0.24% | 0.32% | +0.07% |
| 2 | 2025-11-21 | 0.62% | 0.24% | -0.38% |
| 3 | 2025-11-18 | — | 0.62% | — |
Full EPSS history (12 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 3.1 | CRITICAL |
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3.9 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 9.8 | 3.1 | CRITICAL |
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3.9 | 5.9 | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2023-38323 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (opennds), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 1. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-38323 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2023-38323 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (opennds), 10 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 5, DNE 2, not-affected 2, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38323 |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/openNDS/openNDS/blob/master/ChangeLog | Release Notes |
| https://github.com/openNDS/openNDS/releases/tag/v10.1.3 | Release Notes |
| https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/captive-portal/opennds | Product |
| https://www.forescout.com/resources/sierra21-vulnerabilities | Exploit Third Party Advisory |