Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-41525

CriticalPublic PoCRCE

Published: 06 October 2022

Published
06 October 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 0.1447 94.6th percentile
Risk Priority 28 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-41525 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Totolink Nr1800X Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 5.4% 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 NR1800X firmware version V9.1.0u.6279_B20210910 contains a command injection vulnerability in the OpModeCfg function exposed at the /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi endpoint. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2022-41525, carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, and is classified under CWE-78.

Unauthenticated remote attackers can supply crafted input to the affected function over the network and execute arbitrary operating-system commands on the device. Successful exploitation grants full control over the router, allowing confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts without any user interaction or credentials.

The single reference URL points to a technical write-up of the setOpModeCfg injection but does not describe vendor patches or mitigation steps. The associated EPSS score has remained near 0.15 with only a negligible difference between its recorded peak and current value.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

TOTOLINK NR1800X V9.1.0u.6279_B20210910 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability via the OpModeCfg function at /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

totolink
nr1800x firmware
9.1.0u.6279_b20210910

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