Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-26212

CriticalPublic PoCRCE

Published: 15 March 2022

Published
15 March 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.1734 95.2th percentile
Risk Priority 30 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-26212 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Totolink A830R Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 4.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

Deeper analysis

Totolink routers including the A830R V5.9c.4729_B20191112, A3100R V4.1.2cu.5050_B20200504, A950RG V4.1.2cu.5161_B20200903, A800R V4.1.2cu.5137_B20200730, A3000RU V5.9c.5185_B20201128, and A810R V4.1.2cu.5182_B20201026 contain a command-injection flaw in the setDeviceName function. The issue stems from improper handling of the deviceMac and deviceName parameters and is tracked as CWE-78, carrying a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8.

An unauthenticated attacker with network access can submit a crafted HTTP request that injects and executes arbitrary operating-system commands on the device, resulting in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability without any user interaction.

Public exploit details and proof-of-concept code have been published on GitHub. The EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1734 with no material increase since disclosure.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Totolink A830R V5.9c.4729_B20191112, A3100R V4.1.2cu.5050_B20200504, A950RG V4.1.2cu.5161_B20200903, A800R V4.1.2cu.5137_B20200730, A3000RU V5.9c.5185_B20201128, and A810R V4.1.2cu.5182_B20201026 were discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability in the function setDeviceName, via the deviceMac and deviceName parameters. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands…

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via a crafted request.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

totolink
a830r firmware
5.9c.4729_b20191112
totolink
a3100r firmware
4.1.2cu.5050_b20200504
totolink
a950rg firmware
4.1.2cu.5161_b20200903
totolink
a800r firmware
4.1.2cu.5137_b20200730
totolink
a3000ru firmware
5.9c.5185_b20201128
totolink
a810r firmware
4.1.2cu.5182_b20201026

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-78

Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.

addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

References