Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-30053

CriticalPublic PoCRCE

Published: 05 May 2023

Published
05 May 2023
Modified
29 January 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0358 88.0th percentile
Risk Priority 22 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-30053 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Totolink A7100Ru Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 12.0% 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 A7100RU running firmware version V7.4cu.2313_B20191024 contains a command-injection vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-30053 and assigned CWE-78. The flaw received a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, reflecting network attackability without authentication or user interaction and full impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

An unauthenticated attacker with network access can supply crafted input that results in arbitrary operating-system command execution on the device. Successful exploitation therefore grants an adversary the ability to read or modify configuration and data, install persistent malware, or disrupt device operation.

Public references consist of proof-of-concept material hosted on GitHub that demonstrates the injection vector. The associated EPSS score rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.0508 on 2025-12-11 before receding to its current value of 0.0358, indicating a measurable but temporary increase in observed exploitation interest after disclosure.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

TOTOLINK A7100RU V7.4cu.2313_B20191024 is vulnerable to Command Injection.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

totolink
a7100ru firmware
7.4cu.2313_b20191024

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