Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-28910

CriticalPublic PoCRCE

Published: 10 May 2022

Published
10 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 0.1026 93.3th percentile
Risk Priority 26 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-28910 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Totolink N600R Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 6.7% 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 N600R V5.3c.7159_B20190425 contains an OS command injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-28910 and assigned CWE-78, that is reachable via the devicename parameter in the /setting/setDeviceName endpoint. The flaw carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, and no required authentication or user interaction.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply a crafted devicename value to the affected endpoint and execute arbitrary operating-system commands on the device, resulting in full control over confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the router.

Public proof-of-concept code demonstrating the injection has been published in GitHub repositories, but no vendor advisory or firmware patch information is referenced in the available sources. The associated EPSS score has remained near 0.10 with only a modest recorded peak of 0.11, indicating limited evidence of widespread exploitation interest to date.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

TOTOLink N600R V5.3c.7159_B20190425 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability via the devicename parameter in /setting/setDeviceName.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

totolink
n600r firmware
5.3c.7159_b20190425

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