Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-46486

HighPublic PoC

Published: 04 October 2024

Published
04 October 2024
Modified
15 August 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0167 82.5th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-46486 is a high-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Tp-Link Tl-Wdr5620 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.0 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation of Remote Services (T1210); ranked in the top 17.5% 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

TP-LINK TL-WDR5620 v2.3 was discovered to contain a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability via the httpProcDataSrv function.

CWE(s)
CWE-78

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
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Why these techniques?

The vulnerability enables remote code execution via a crafted unauthenticated HTTP POST request to the httpProcDataSrv function in the router's web interface, facilitating exploitation of remote services on the network device.

Affected Assets

tp-link
tl-wdr5620 firmware
2.6.60

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