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CVE-2023-40504

LG Simple Editor readVideoInfo Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 88.7%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 88.7%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

LG Simple Editor readVideoInfo Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of LG Simple Editor. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the readVideoInfo method. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. . Was ZDI-CAN-19953.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
88.73% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-78
Affected
lg/simple editor
Source
zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com
EPSS trend
0%45%90%3 November 2026: 88.73%3 November 20263 November 2026

EPSS 88.7% since 3 November 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.