Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-48069

HighPublic PoCRCE

Published: 27 January 2023

Published
27 January 2023
Modified
28 March 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.1116 93.7th percentile
Risk Priority 22 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-48069 is a high-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Totolink A830R Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 6.3% 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 A830R V4.1.2cu.5182 contains a command injection vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-48069 and assigned CWE-78. The flaw resides in handling of the QUERY_STRING parameter and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5, reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, no required privileges or user interaction, and high impact on confidentiality.

An unauthenticated attacker with network access can supply a crafted QUERY_STRING value to execute arbitrary operating-system commands on the device, enabling disclosure of sensitive information without authentication.

No vendor advisory, patch information, or mitigation guidance appears in the supplied references, which consist solely of researcher disclosure notes. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1116 with no material increase since publication.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Totolink A830R V4.1.2cu.5182 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability via the QUERY_STRING parameter.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

totolink
a830r firmware
4.1.2cu.5182

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