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CVE-2022-42457
Generex CS141 through 2.10 allows remote command execution by administrators via a web interface that reaches run_update in…
Critical9.1EPSS 3.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Generex CS141 through 2.10 allows remote command execution by administrators via a web interface that reaches run_update in /usr/bin/gxserve-update.sh (e.g., command execution can occur via a reverse shell installed by install.sh).
Timeline
Published
- 22 months later
· 22 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| mitreCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:C/UI:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- https://github.com/hubertfarnsworth12/Generex-CS141-Authenticated-Remote-Command-Execution (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.generex.de/products/ups/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.generex.de/support/downloads/ups/cs141 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.generex.de/support/downloads/ups/cs141/update (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.dev/hubertfarnsworth12/Generex-CS141-Authenticated-Remote-Command-Execution (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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