Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-34596

CriticalPublic PoCRCE

Published: 06 July 2022

Published
06 July 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 0.1786 95.3th percentile
Risk Priority 30 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-34596 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Tenda Ax1803 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 4.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

Deeper analysis

Tenda AX1803 firmware version 1.0.0.1_2890 contains a command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) in the WanParameterSetting function. The flaw received a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, reflecting network-accessible exploitation without authentication or user interaction and full impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply crafted input to the affected function and execute arbitrary operating-system commands on the device. Successful exploitation grants complete control over the router, enabling traffic interception, persistence, or use as an entry point into attached networks.

Public references consist of GitHub proof-of-concept disclosures that detail the injection point; no vendor advisory or firmware patch information is provided in the available sources. The CVE maintains an EPSS score near 0.18 with only minor fluctuation between current and peak values, indicating steady but not sharply increasing exploitation interest since disclosure.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Tenda AX1803 v1.0.0.1_2890 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability via the function WanParameterSetting.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

tenda
ax1803 firmware
1.0.0.1_2890

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