Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-40475

CriticalPublic PoCRCE

Published: 29 September 2022

Published
29 September 2022
Modified
21 May 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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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 0.0257 85.9th percentile
Risk Priority 21 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-40475 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Totolink A860R Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 14.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

TOTOLINK A860R V4.1.2cu.5182_B20201027 was discovered to contain a command injection via the component /cgi-bin/downloadFile.cgi.

CWE(s)
CWE-78

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

totolink
a860r firmware
4.1.2cu.5182_b20201027

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.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
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.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

References