CVE-2023-24141
RCE in Totolink Ca300-Poe Firmware 6.2c.884
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2023-24141 is a critical-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Totolink Ca300-Poe Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 20% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
TOTOLINK CA300-PoE firmware version V6.2c.884 contains a command injection vulnerability in the setNetworkDiag function, specifically through the NetDiagPingTimeOut parameter. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2023-24141 and is classified under CWE-77, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 reflecting network-accessible, unauthenticated exploitation that can fully compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply a crafted NetDiagPingTimeOut value to the affected function and execute arbitrary operating-system commands on the device. Successful exploitation grants complete control over the router, allowing actions such as data exfiltration, configuration changes, or deployment of persistent malware without any user interaction or credentials.
EPSS for the CVE rose from low values after disclosure to a peak of 0.3113 on 2025-01-22 before receding to the current score of 0.1490, indicating that measurable exploitation interest emerged well after the initial publication. No official vendor advisories or patch information appear in the referenced technical reports.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-28204
Vulnerability Data
TOTOLINK CA300-PoE V6.2c.884 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability via the NetDiagPingTimeOut parameter in the setNetworkDiag function.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
A.8.25 mandates secure SDLC practices including secure coding guidelines, security requirements, checkpoints, testing (scans/penetration), and developer training that reduce command injection defects, but leaves a minority slice (e.g. incomplete implementation of those practices, outsourced development without full assurance, or post-SDLC changes) where the weakness can still arise and be exploitable.
Application security requirements explicitly call for controls against injection flaws including command injection.
A.8.27 mandates security-by-design principles (e.g. distrust external input, secure session control, data validation/sanitization, least privilege) and design reviews that can stop command injection from being introduced, but this is only a minority slice of CWE-77 because the weakness can still arise in code that bypasses those principles, in non-reviewed components, or in runtime injection vectors the architecture review does not reach.
Secure coding standards require proper escaping and parameterization of commands, directly eliminating CWE-77.
Security testing in development catches command-injection vulnerabilities before release.
Hardening callouts derived
DISA STIG baselines are authored against specific weaknesses. Where this CVE cites a broad weakness class, the mapping is not asserted at that abstraction (owner ruling, 2026-09-25: grade only at Base and below), so no rule is shown here rather than a rule shown against the wrong grain.
- No fine-grained STIG row for CWE-77, a class-level weakness, and none of its children carries one either.