CVE-2010-5330
Published 2019-06-11 · Updated 2026-06-16 · Source cve@mitre.org
Summary
CVE-2010-5330 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Ubiquiti AirOS. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on April 15, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by May 6, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Ubiquiti has 4 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.
All 4 known-exploited Ubiquiti vulnerabilities →Description
On certain Ubiquiti devices, Command Injection exists via a GET request to stainfo.cgi (aka Show AP info) because the ifname variable is not sanitized, as demonstrated by shell metacharacters. The fixed version is v4.0.1 for 802.11 ISP products, v5.3.5 for AirMax ISP products, and v5.4.5 for AirSync firmware. For example, Nanostation5 (Air OS) is affected.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Ubiquiti — AirOS
Name: Ubiquiti AirOS Command Injection Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-04-15 · Due: 2022-05-06
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-General-Discussion/AirOS-Security-Exploit-Updated-Firmware/td-p/212974
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14146
- https://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-General-Discussion/AirOS-Security-Exploit-Updated-Firmware/td-p/212974
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14146
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-5330