CVE-2023-26978
RCE in Totolink A7100Ru Firmware 7.4cu.2313_b20191024
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-2023-26978 is a critical-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Totolink A7100Ru Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 21% 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 A7100RU routers running firmware version V7.4cu.2313_B20191024 contain a command injection vulnerability in the pppoeAcName parameter processed by the /setting/setWanIeCfg endpoint. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2023-26978, carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.8, and is classified under CWE-77.
Unauthenticated attackers with network access can supply crafted input to the affected parameter and execute arbitrary operating-system commands on the device. Successful exploitation grants full control over the router, including the ability to read or modify configuration data, intercept traffic, or pivot into attached networks.
Public proof-of-concept material has been posted to GitHub, and the CVE’s EPSS score rose from lower values to a peak of 0.2173 before settling at 0.1490. This trajectory indicates that exploitation interest increased after disclosure and suggests the issue merits renewed attention from defenders. No vendor advisory or patch information appears in the available references.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-30768
Vulnerability Data
TOTOlink A7100RU V7.4cu.2313_B20191024 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability via the pppoeAcName parameter at /setting/setWanIeCfg.
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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.