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LG Simple Editor Command Injection (CVE-2023-40504)

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LG Simple Editor Command Injection (CVE-2023-40504)

Disclosed
08/04/2023
Created
08/14/2024

Description

Unauthenticated Command Injection in LG Simple Editor <= v3.21.0. The vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker to inject arbitrary operating system commands which will get executed in the context of NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

Author(s)

  • rgod
  • Michael Heinzl

Platform

Windows

Architectures

cmd

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use exploit/windows/http/lg_simple_editor_rce_uploadvideo
msf exploit(lg_simple_editor_rce_uploadvideo) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(lg_simple_editor_rce_uploadvideo) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(lg_simple_editor_rce_uploadvideo) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(lg_simple_editor_rce_uploadvideo) > exploit

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