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CVE-2022-39986

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2023-10-14 by GCVE · kevintel, GCVE · shadowserver.

  • Published2023-08-01
  • WeaknessCWE-77

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Description

A Command injection vulnerability in RaspAP 2.8.0 thru 2.8.7 allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the cfg_id parameter in /ajax/openvpn/activate_ovpncfg.php and /ajax/openvpn/del_ovpncfg.php.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-08-0114:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2023-10-1414:57Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  3. 2023-10-1414:57Exploitation first reportedGCVE

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-04 03:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-39986?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Raspap
BranchAffectedFixed in
2.8≥ 2.8.0, ≤ 2.8.7no fix published
billz/raspap-webgui
BranchAffectedFixed in
2.8≥ 2.8.0, < 2.8.82.8.8

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
1 repository, unverifiedmind2hex/CVE-2022-39986-RaspAP-2.8.0-2.8.7-RCE
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/unix/http/raspap_rcerank: excellentModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2023-08-01
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-7c28-wg7r-pg6f

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-39986?

A Command injection vulnerability in RaspAP 2.8.0 thru 2.8.7 allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the cfg_id parameter in /ajax/openvpn/activate_ovpncfg.php and /ajax/openvpn/del_ovpncfg.php.

Is CVE-2022-39986 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2022-39986, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-39986?

CVE-2022-39986 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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