Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-28402

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 11 April 2024

Published
11 April 2024
Modified
08 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0011 29.3th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-28402 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Totolink X2000R Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 29.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

TOTOLINK X2000R before V1.0.0-B20231213.1013 contains a Stored Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IP/Port Filtering under the Firewall Page.

CWE(s)

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.
T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie Credential Access
An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access to web applications or Internet services as an authenticated user without needing credentials.
T1555.003 Credentials from Web Browsers Credential Access
Adversaries may acquire credentials from web browsers by reading files specific to the target browser.
Why these techniques?

Stored XSS in the router's web UI firewall IP/Port Filtering page enables exploitation of a public-facing or remotely accessible web application (T1190), arbitrary JS execution to steal web session cookies (T1539), and extraction of browser credentials via XSS (T1555.003).

Affected Assets

totolink
x2000r firmware
≤ 1.0.0-b20231213.1013

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-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

References