Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-3659

CriticalRCE

Published: 08 August 2024

Published
08 August 2024
Modified
17 November 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 10.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0044 63.6th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-3659 is a critical-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Kaongroup Ar2140 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 10.0 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 36.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Firmware in KAON AR2140 routers, prior to versions 3.2.50 and 4.2.16, is vulnerable to a shell command injection via sending a crafted request to one of the endpoints. In order to exploit this vulnerability, one has to have access to…

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the administrative portal of the router.

CWE(s)
CWE-78CWE-77

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

kaongroup
ar2140 firmware
3.2.46 — 4.2.16

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.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
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.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

References