CVE-2023-29801
RCE in Totolink X18 Firmware 9.1.0cu.2024_b20220329
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-2023-29801 is a critical-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Totolink X18 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 X18 firmware version V9.1.0cu.2024_B20220329 contains multiple command-injection flaws in the setSyslogCfg function. Unauthenticated attackers can supply crafted values for the rtLogEnabled and rtLogServer parameters to execute arbitrary operating-system commands on the device. The issues are tracked as CVE-2023-29801, carry a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, and are classified under CWE-77.
Because the vulnerable function is reachable over the network without authentication or user interaction, an attacker who can reach the router’s management interface can obtain full control of the device, including the ability to read or modify configuration, capture traffic, or pivot into attached networks. The same access also permits persistent changes such as the installation of additional malware or the alteration of DNS and logging settings.
Public exploit details have been posted to Notion, yet no vendor advisory or firmware update addressing the flaws has been identified. The CVE’s EPSS score rose from a low baseline to a recorded peak of 0.2264, indicating measurable post-disclosure exploitation interest that warrants renewed attention from defenders.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-33339
Vulnerability Data
TOTOLINK X18 V9.1.0cu.2024_B20220329 was discovered to contain multiple command injection vulnerabilities via the rtLogEnabled and rtLogServer parameters in the setSyslogCfg 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.