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critical 9.8

CVE-2023-28343 in the critical feed json

OS command injection affects Altenergy Power Control Software C1.2.5 via shell metacharacters in the index.php/management/set_timezone time…

published 2023-03-14 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-32041

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
84.8%
EPSS 84.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

OS command injection affects Altenergy Power Control Software C1.2.5 via shell metacharacters in the index.php/management/set_timezone timezone parameter, because of set_timezone in models/management_model.php.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-23-213-01 updated cvss 9.8

APSystems Altenergy Power Control

  • APSystems Altenergy Power Control Software C1.2.5
    affected: mitigation “APSystems has not responded to requests to work with CISA to mitigate this vulnerability. Users of the affected product are encouraged to contact APSystems support for additional information.” usa.apsystems.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-51325)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction

84.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-51325 Altenergy Power Control Software C1.2.5 - OS command injection webapps, 2023-04-08
  • Nuclei template Altenergy Power Control Software C1.2.5 - Remote Command Injection nuclei detection template
  • github.com https://github.com/ahmedalroky/Disclosures/blob/main/apesystems/os_command_injection.md referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

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