CVE-2021-46704 — OS Command Injection in GenieACS

Description

In GenieACS 1.2.x before 1.2.8, the UI interface API is vulnerable to unauthenticated OS command injection via the ping host argument (lib/ui/api.ts and lib/ping.ts). The vulnerability arises from insufficient input validation combined with a missing authorization check.

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 2 repositories

MithatGuner/CVE-2021-46704-POC ★ 2 · Jun 21, 2023

CVE-2021-46704 GenieACS Command Injection POC
Erenlancaster/CVE-2021-46704 ★ 0 · Jun 22, 2023

CVE-2021-46704 Nuclei template

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.

GenieACS => 1.2.8 - OS Command Injection http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-46704.yaml

Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed	Record
npm	genieacs	< 1.2.8	1.2.8	GHSA-2877-693q-pj33