Advantech EKI-6333AC-2G/EKI-6333AC-2GD/EKI-6333AC-1GPO SSID os command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Advantech EKI-6333AC-2G, EKI-6333AC-2GD and EKI-6333AC-1GPO and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component SSID Handler. This manipulation causes os command injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-50376. The attack requires access to the local network. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Advantech EKI-6333AC-2G, EKI-6333AC-2GD and EKI-6333AC-1GPO (the affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component SSID Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A CWE-79 "Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')" was discovered affecting the following devices manufactured by Advantech: EKI-6333AC-2G (<= 1.6.3), EKI-6333AC-2GD (<= v1.6.3) and EKI-6333AC-1GPO (<= v1.2.1). The vulnerability can be exploited remotely leveraging a rogue Wi-Fi access point with a malicious SSID.

The weakness was published by Diego Zaffaroni. It is possible to read the advisory at nozominetworks.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-50376 since 10/23/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be done within the local network. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/24/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Advantech

Name

• EKI-6333AC-1GPO
• EKI-6333AC-2G
• EKI-6333AC-2GD

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.advantech.com/

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