Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-38828

CriticalPublic PoCRCE

Published: 16 September 2022

Published
16 September 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 0.1863 95.4th percentile
Risk Priority 31 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-38828 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Totolink T6 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

TOTOLINK T6 firmware version V4.1.5cu.709_B20210518 is affected by a command-injection vulnerability (CWE-78) in cstecgi.cgi. The flaw received a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, reflecting network-accessible attack vectors that require neither authentication nor user interaction.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply crafted input to the CGI endpoint and execute arbitrary operating-system commands on the device. Successful exploitation yields full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the affected router.

Public references consist of technical write-ups hosted on GitHub that reproduce the injection condition; they contain no vendor advisory text or patch guidance. The associated EPSS score reached a peak of 0.1915 and currently stands at 0.1863.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

TOTOLINK T6 V4.1.5cu.709_B20210518 is vulnerable to command injection via cstecgi.cgi

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

totolink
t6 firmware
4.1.5cu.709_b20210518

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