CVE-2018-25159

Epross · AVCON6

The Epross AVCON6 platform contains an OGNL injection vulnerability in the login.action endpoint, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary system commands as root.

Executive summary

An unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in the Epross AVCON6 platform allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via OGNL injection.

Vulnerability

The application is vulnerable to OGNL injection (CWE-1334) through the redirect parameter in the login.action endpoint. This allows unauthenticated attackers to instantiate ProcessBuilder objects and execute system-level commands with root privileges.

Business impact

This vulnerability grants an attacker full control over the affected system with the highest level of privilege. A successful exploit could lead to complete data exfiltration, system destruction, or the deployment of persistent malware, causing severe reputational and operational damage.

Remediation

Immediate Action: Apply the latest security updates provided by the vendor. If no patch is available, disable the affected management platform functionality.

Proactive Monitoring: Inspect server logs for anomalous requests containing OGNL patterns or attempts to manipulate the redirect parameter.

Compensating Controls: Deploy a Web Application Firewall (WAF) with rules configured to block OGNL expression patterns and suspicious redirect parameters targeted at the login endpoint.

Exploitation status

Public Exploit Available: Yes — a public exploit is available via ExploitDB (47379).

Analyst recommendation

The combination of unauthenticated access, root-level command execution, and the availability of a public exploit makes this a high-priority risk. Organizations must ensure that the management interface is not exposed to the internet and apply vendor-supplied patches immediately upon availability.