CVE-2024-43693
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 · uneditedA specially crafted POST request to the ProGauge MAGLINK LX CONSOLE UTILITY sub-menu can allow a remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands.
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 · high confidenceCommand injection vulnerability in ProGauge MAGLINK LX CONSOLE UTILITY sub-menu allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands by sending specially crafted POST requests. The lack of proper input sanitization on the POST parameter handler enables an attacker to inject shell metacharacters or commands that the application will execute with elevated privileges.
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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<= 3.4.2.2.6<= 4.17.9eCVSS 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 device modelLocate the ProGauge MAGLINK LX or LX4 Console device on your network and confirm the exact model number from the device label or management interfaceAffected if The device is a Dover Fueling Solutions Progauge Maglink Lx or Lx4 Console
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Check firmware versionAccess the device console or management interface and retrieve the current firmware version. For LX models, look for version <= 3.4.2.2.6. For LX4 models, look for version <= 4.17.9eAffected if The installed firmware version is at or below 3.4.2.2.6 for LX, or at or below 4.17.9e for LX4
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Verify console utility sub-menu accessibilityDetermine if the device web interface or console utility sub-menu is exposed to the network by checking the device network configuration or by attempting to access the console utility endpoint via HTTP/HTTPS POST request from an external locationAffected if The console utility sub-menu is accessible over the network without network segmentation or access controls
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Confirm POST request handlingReview device configuration or network logs to determine if the console utility sub-menu processes POST requests from unauthenticated or untrusted sourcesAffected if The console utility sub-menu accepts and processes unauthenticated POST requests
You are affected if you have a ProGauge MAGLINK LX or LX4 Console device running firmware at or below the affected version limits, with the console utility sub-menu accessible over the network.
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 dataApply vendor patches when available; if no patch exists, implement input validation and sanitization on all user-supplied POST parameters in the console utility, and restrict network access to the management interface.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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