Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-28578

CriticalPublic PoCRCE

Published: 05 May 2022

Published
05 May 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 0.1871 95.4th percentile
Risk Priority 31 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-28578 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Totolink A7100Ru Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 4.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

Deeper analysis

CVE-2022-28578 is a command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) affecting the setOpenVpnCfg interface in the TOTOLINK A7100RU router running firmware version 7.4cu.2313_b20191024. The flaw carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 and permits an attacker to supply a crafted payload that results in arbitrary command execution on the device.

Unauthenticated attackers with network access can exploit the issue without user interaction or credentials, achieving full control over the router including the ability to read, modify, or delete data and disrupt device operation.

Public references consist of GitHub repositories that document the vulnerability and provide proof-of-concept details; no vendor advisory or official patch information is included in the available references. The EPSS score has remained in the 0.19 range with a modest peak of 0.2031 and shows no material post-disclosure climb.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

It is found that there is a command injection vulnerability in the setOpenVpnCfg interface in TOTOlink A7100RU (v7.4cu.2313_b20191024) router, which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands through a carefully constructed payload.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

totolink
a7100ru firmware
7.4cu.2313_b20191024

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