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CVE-2023-27380

An OS command injection vulnerability exists in the admin.cgi USSD_send functionality of peplink Surf SOHO HW1 v6.3.5 (in QEMU).

HIGH 8.8EPSS 5.75%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.75%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An OS command injection vulnerability exists in the admin.cgi USSD_send functionality of peplink Surf SOHO HW1 v6.3.5 (in QEMU). A specially crafted HTTP request can lead to command execution. An attacker can make an authenticated HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
5.75% probability · 93th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-78
Affected
peplink/surf soho firmware
Source
talos-cna@cisco.com
EPSS trend
0%5%10%7 October 2026: 5.75%7 October 20267 October 2026

EPSS 5.7% since 7 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.