CVE-2023-28614
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedFreewill iFIS (aka SMART Trade) 20.01.01.04 allows OS Command Injection via shell metacharacters to a report page.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceFreewill iFIS (SMART Trade) version 20.01.01.04 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in a report page where unsanitized user input containing shell metacharacters is passed to system shell execution, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 20.01.01.04CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed Freewill Smart Trade versionLocate the application version through the web interface (typically in About/Help pages, or check HTTP headers/HTML source), or query the application database or configuration files for the version stringAffected if The installed version is exactly 20.01.01.04
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Confirm report page accessibilityAttempt to access the report generation endpoint (commonly found in the application menu under Reports or SMART Trade reporting features, or check application routing for report-related paths)Affected if The report page is accessible without authentication or with low-privilege user access
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Verify shell metacharacter handling in report parametersSubmit a test request to the report parameter with shell metacharacters (such as |, ;, &, $ , backticks, or command substitution characters) and observe if the application processes them or returns an errorAffected if The application accepts and processes shell metacharacters without sanitization or rejection in the report input field
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Check for system command execution tracesReview application logs or system logs (web server access logs, application error logs) for evidence of shell command execution triggered by report page requestsAffected if Log entries show system commands being executed with user-supplied input from the report functionality
If the installed version is exactly 20.01.01.04 and the report page is accessible with user-controllable input that is passed to the system shell without sanitization, the environment is affected by CVE-2023-28614
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement strict input validation to reject shell metacharacters, or refactor the codebase to use parameterized APIs instead of shell commands for report generation.
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