# CVE-2023-50094: reNgine before 2.1.2 allows OS Command Injection if an adversary has a valid session ID.

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2024-01-01 · Updated: 2025-04-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

reNgine before 2.1.2 allows OS Command Injection if an adversary has a valid session ID. The attack places shell metacharacters in an api/tools/waf_detector/?url= string. The commands are executed as root via subprocess.check_output.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/yogeshojha/rengine/blob/5e120bd5f9dfbd1da82a193e8c9702e483d38d22/web/api/views.py#L195
- https://github.com/yogeshojha/rengine/security
- https://github.com/yogeshojha/rengine/releases
- https://www.mattz.io/posts/cve-2023-50094/
- https://github.com/yogeshojha/rengine/security/advisories/GHSA-fx7f-f735-vgh4
- https://github.com/yogeshojha/rengine/commit/3d5f1724dd12cf9861443742e7d7c02ff8c75a6f
- https://github.com/yogeshojha/rengine/commit/edd3c85ee16f93804ad38dac5602549d2d30a93e
- https://github.com/yogeshojha/rengine/blob/53d9f505f04861a5040195ea71f20907ff90577a/web/api/views.py#L268-L275
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-50094.yaml
- https://github.com/Zierax/CVE-2023-50094_POC

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