CVE-2022-27079
Published: 24 March 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-27079 is a critical-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Tenda M3 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 5.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
Tenda M3 firmware version 1.10 V1.0.0.12(4856) contains a command injection vulnerability in the /goform/setPicListItem endpoint. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2022-27079, carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.8, and is classified under CWE-77. No authentication or user interaction is required for exploitation over the network.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply crafted input to the affected endpoint and execute arbitrary operating-system commands on the device. Successful exploitation grants full control over the router, allowing confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts.
Public references consist of proof-of-concept disclosures hosted on GitHub that demonstrate the injection vector; no vendor advisory or firmware patch information is included in the available references. The EPSS score for this CVE reached a peak of 0.1908 after disclosure, indicating a measurable increase in observed exploitation interest.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-31619
Vulnerability details
Tenda M3 1.10 V1.0.0.12(4856) was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability via the component /goform/setPicListItem.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.