Security Resilience

CVE-2023-24154

RCE in Totolink T8 Firmware v4.1.5cu

Published
03 February 2023
Modified
26 March 2025
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8
Click a component to see what it means
Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.019 80th percentile
Risk Priority 87 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-24154 is a critical-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Totolink T8 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 T8 firmware version V4.1.5cu contains a command injection vulnerability in the setUpgradeFW function, triggered via the slaveIpList parameter. The issue is tracked as CVE-2023-24154, carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, and is categorized under CWE-77.

An unauthenticated attacker with network access can supply a malicious slaveIpList value to execute arbitrary operating-system commands on the device. Successful exploitation grants full control over the router, allowing arbitrary code execution with impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Public references consist of proof-of-concept details hosted on GitHub that demonstrate the injection vector; no vendor advisory or patch information is provided in the available references.

EPSS for the CVE rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.3113 on 2025-01-22 before receding to the current score of 0.1490, indicating a distinct period of increased exploitation interest after disclosure.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

TOTOLINK T8 V4.1.5cu was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability via the slaveIpList parameter in the function setUpgradeFW.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-24151Same product: Totolink T8
CVE-2023-24156Same product: Totolink T8
CVE-2023-24157Same product: Totolink T8
CVE-2023-24152Same product: Totolink T8
CVE-2023-24153Same product: Totolink T8
CVE-2023-24150Same product: Totolink T8
CVE-2024-8077Same product: Totolink T8
CVE-2024-46451Same product: Totolink T8
CVE-2024-8580Same product: Totolink T8
CVE-2024-0944Same product: Totolink T8

Affected Assets

totolink
t8 firmware
v4.1.5cu

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.

blocks

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.

blocks

Application security requirements explicitly call for controls against injection flaws including command injection.

blocks

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.

prevents

Secure coding standards require proper escaping and parameterization of commands, directly eliminating CWE-77.

finds

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.

References