Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-38894

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 24 June 2024

Published
24 June 2024
Modified
06 June 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0155 81.8th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-38894 is a medium-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Wavlink Wn551K1 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 18.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

WAVLINK WN551K1 found a command injection vulnerability through the IP parameter of /cgi-bin/touchlist_sync.cgi.

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 web CGI endpoint (/cgi-bin/touchlist_sync.cgi) via IP parameter enables exploitation of public-facing application (T1190) and remote command execution on the network device (T1059.008).

Affected Assets

wavlink
wn551k1 firmware
all versions

Mitigating Controls

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

References