PT-2023-6169 · Sangfor · Sangfor Next-Gen Application Firewall

Watchtowr Labs · Published 2023-10-10 · Updated 2025-11-22 · CVE-2023-30806

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sangfor Next-Gen Application Firewall version NGAF8.0.17

Description The Sangfor Next-Gen Application Firewall is affected by an operating system command injection issue. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary commands by sending a specially crafted HTTP POST request to the /cgi-bin/login.cgi endpoint. This is due to improper handling of shell meta-characters within the PHPSESSID cookie. The vulnerability allows for remote code execution.

Recommendations Sangfor Next-Gen Application Firewall version NGAF8.0.17: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

RCE

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-06876

CVE-2023-30806

Affected Products

Sangfor Next-Gen Application Firewall

References · 10

• 🔥 https://labs.watchtowr.com/yet-more-unauth-remote-command-execution-vulns-in-firewalls-sangfor-edition · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-06876 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30806 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-30806 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cveNotify/143691 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/0dayPublishing/status/1992241905938116741 · Twitter Post
• https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-uujwjffddxzp4 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/71951 · Telegram Post
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/sangfor-ngaf-sessid-rce · Note
• https://usergate.com/ru/security-reports/cve-2023-30802 · Note