CVE-2023-22581 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2023-22581

White Rabbit Switch - Unauthenticated remote code execution

Vulnerability Description

White Rabbit Switch contains a vulnerability which makes it possible for an attacker to perform system commands under the context of the web application (the default installation makes the webserver run as the root user).

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Tom Wolters (Chapter8)
  • Victor Pasman (DIVD)
  • Max van der Host (DIVD)
  • Frank Breedijk (DIVD)

References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

White Rabbit Switch
Vulnerable Versions:
< v6.0.1

Timeline

Official Publish: April 24th, 2023
Last Modified: March 11th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1213 Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1565.002 Stored Data Manipulation
Impact