Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-28913

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-2022-28913 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 a command injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-28913 and assigned CWE-78, that is reachable through the filename parameter of the /setting/setUploadSetting endpoint. The flaw received a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, reflecting network-accessible, unauthenticated exploitation with no user interaction required and full impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply a crafted filename value to the affected endpoint and execute arbitrary operating-system commands on the device. Successful exploitation grants the attacker complete control over the router, enabling actions such as configuration changes, traffic interception, or use of the device as a foothold for further network attacks.

Public references consist of proof-of-concept material hosted on GitHub that demonstrates the injection vector; no vendor advisory or firmware patch information is included in the available sources. The CVE’s EPSS score has remained near 0.10–0.11 since disclosure, indicating moderate but not sharply increasing exploitation interest.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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

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