How severe is CVE-2023-49897?

CVE-2023-49897 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 50.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2023-49897: FXC AE1021, AE1021PE OS Command Injection

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

FXC AE1021, AE1021PE OS Command Injection Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2023-12-21

Remediation due

2024-01-11

Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA notes
https://www.fxc.jp/news/20231206 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49897

Description

An OS command injection vulnerability exists in AE1021PE firmware version 2.0.9 and earlier and AE1021 firmware version 2.0.9 and earlier. If this vulnerability is exploited, an arbitrary OS command may be executed by an attacker who can log in to the product.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA8.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
FXC Inc.	AE1021PE	2.0.9 and earlier
FXC Inc.	AE1021	2.0.9 and earlier

References

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Other references

Record Details

Published

2023-12-06

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

jpcert

Credited to

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