Cyber Resilience

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 v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0034 26.1th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

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 26.1th 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).

Deeper analysis

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.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A06:2025 Insecure Design

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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.

CWE(s)
CWE-256

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.
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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 v19.0

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2024-55024Same product: Weintek Cmt-3072Xh2
CVE-2024-55020Same product: Weintek Cmt-3072Xh2
CVE-2024-55019Same product: Weintek Cmt-3072Xh2
CVE-2024-55022Same product: Weintek Cmt-3072Xh2
CVE-2024-55021Same product: Weintek Cmt-3072Xh2
CVE-2024-55027Same product: Weintek Cmt-3072Xh2
CVE-2025-27656Shared CWE-256
CVE-2026-33216Shared CWE-256
CVE-2025-27662Shared CWE-256
CVE-2021-47961Shared CWE-256

Affected Assets

weintek
easyweb
2.1.53
weintek
cmt-3072xh2 firmware
20231011

Mitigating Controls

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.

References