CVE-2023-30806

9.8 CRITICAL 65% exploit odds Drop everything No fix listed Injection Network gear

What it is

The Sangfor Next-Gen Application Firewall version NGAF8.0.17 is vulnerable to an operating system command injection vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary commands by sending a crafted HTTP POST request to the /cgi-bin/login.cgi endpoint. This is due to mishandling of shell meta-characters in the PHPSESSID cookie.

At a glance

Exploitability: Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
Exploit odds: 65.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS). Higher than most.
Fix: No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.

Timeline

2023-04-18 10:31 UTC ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
2023-10-10 15:15 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2026-06-17 05:55 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
Exploit odds: 65.0% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Severity: 9.8 CRITICAL (CVSS).
Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
It meets the bar for Drop everything: critical, and exploited or very likely to be.

Details

Published: 2023-10-10 15:15 UTC
Last modified: 2026-06-17 05:55 UTC
Exploit probability: 65.0% · EPSS, next 30 days
Weakness: CWE-78 · OS command injection
Record status: Modified

Affected

Sangfor next-gen Application Firewall ngaf8.0.17

Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 9.8

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Raw vector

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

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References

NVD record · CVE.org record