# CVE-2018-14417: A command injection vulnerability was found in the web administration console in SoftNAS Cloud before 4.0.3.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2018-08-03 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

A command injection vulnerability was found in the web administration console in SoftNAS Cloud before 4.0.3. In particular, the snserv script did not sanitize the 'recentVersion' parameter from the snserv endpoint, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root permissions.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104914
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45097/
- https://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/softnas-cloud-os-command-injection
- https://docs.softnas.com/display/SD/Release+Notes
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jul/85
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45097

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