CVE-2024-55026

Critical

Published: 03 March 2026

Published

03 March 2026

Modified

04 March 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score 0.0011 28.5th percentile

Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-55026 is a critical-severity Plaintext Storage of a Password (CWE-256) vulnerability in Weintek Easyweb. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 28.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SC-7 (Boundary Protection).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190). What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match

prevent

Enforces approved authorizations to block unauthorized access to the reset_pj.cgi endpoint, preventing unauthenticated remote command execution.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

prevent

Validates inputs to the reset_pj.cgi endpoint to reject crafted GET requests that enable arbitrary command execution.

SC-7 Boundary Protection good match

prevent

Monitors and controls network communications at system boundaries to restrict remote unauthenticated access to the vulnerable easyweb server.

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.

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Why these techniques?

Remote unauthenticated arbitrary command execution via public-facing CGI endpoint directly enables exploitation of public-facing applications.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

NVD Description

An issue in the reset_pj.cgi endpoint of Weintek cMT-3072XH2 easyweb v2.1.53, OS v20231011 allows unauthorized attackers to execute arbitrary commands via supplying a crafted GET request.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2024-55026 affects the reset_pj.cgi endpoint in Weintek cMT-3072XH2 easyweb version 2.1.53 running on OS version v20231011. The vulnerability enables unauthorized attackers to execute arbitrary commands by supplying a crafted GET request. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and is classified under CWE-256.

The attack scenario involves remote, unauthenticated attackers who require no privileges, low complexity, and no user interaction to exploit the issue over the network. Successful exploitation allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the device, resulting in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Advisories and references for CVE-2024-55026, published on 2026-03-03, are available at https://gist.github.com/AenganZ/f86ed0da28825a1432ec697f484622de and https://plain-trick-71d.notion.site/weintek-cMT-3072XH2-14687a89c4c181eeb21ad61e0392f34b?pvs=4.