Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-45977

HighPublic PoCRCE

Published: 12 December 2022

Published
12 December 2022
Modified
22 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0622 91.1th percentile
Risk Priority 21 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-45977 is a high-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Tenda Ax12 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 8.9% 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 AX12 routers running firmware version V22.03.01.21_CN contain a command-injection flaw (CWE-78) in the /goform/setMacFilterCfg function. The vulnerability received a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8, reflecting network-accessible exploitation that requires only low-privileged credentials and no user interaction.

An authenticated attacker can supply crafted parameters to the affected endpoint, causing the device to execute attacker-controlled operating-system commands. Successful exploitation grants the ability to read, modify, or delete arbitrary data and to alter device configuration, resulting in full compromise of the router's confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Public references consist of proof-of-concept material hosted in GitHub repositories that demonstrate the injection vector. The EPSS score rose from lower values to a peak of 0.1798 before receding to its current level of 0.0622, indicating a period of increased exploitation interest after disclosure.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Tenda AX12 V22.03.01.21_CN was found to have a command injection vulnerability via /goform/setMacFilterCfg function.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

tenda
ax12 firmware
22.03.01.21_cn

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