Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-22529

CriticalPublic PoCRCE

Published: 25 January 2024

Published
25 January 2024
Modified
04 June 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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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 0.0411 88.9th percentile
Risk Priority 22 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-22529 is a critical-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Totolink X2000R Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 11.1% 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 X2000R_V2 running firmware version V2.0.0-B20230727.10434 contains a command injection vulnerability in the sub_449040 function that handles formUploadFile requests inside the /bin/boa binary. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2024-22529, carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, and is classified under CWE-77.

An unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted HTTP request over the network to the router's web interface and execute arbitrary operating-system commands. Successful exploitation grants complete control over the device, allowing confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts.

The EPSS score rose sharply from a low baseline to a peak of 0.6009 on 2025-01-22 before receding to the current value of 0.0411, indicating a period of elevated exploitation interest after disclosure. Public technical details are available in the referenced GitHub analysis of the affected upload handler.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

TOTOLINK X2000R_V2 V2.0.0-B20230727.10434 has a command injection vulnerability in the sub_449040 (handle function of formUploadFile) of /bin/boa.

CWE(s)
CWE-77

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
attack.mitre.org →
T1059.008 Network Device CLI Execution
Adversaries may abuse scripting or built-in command line interpreters (CLI) on network devices to execute malicious command and payloads.
attack.mitre.org →
Why these techniques?

Command injection in the web server's formUploadFile handler enables exploitation of a public-facing application (T1190) for remote command execution on the router, akin to network device CLI abuse (T1059.008).

Affected Assets

totolink
x2000r firmware
2.0.0-b20230727.10434

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References