Cyber Posture

CVE-2024-57011

HighPublic PoCRCE

Published: 15 January 2025

Published
15 January 2025
Modified
17 March 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0106 77.8th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-57011 is a high-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Totolink X5000R Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 22.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) and 1 other technique. What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.
Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

prevent

Directly prevents OS command injection by requiring validation of unsanitized user inputs in parameters like 'minute' in setScheduleCfg.

prevent

Restricts 'minute' parameter inputs to valid formats such as numeric values 0-59, blocking malicious command strings.

prevent

Remediates the specific flaw in setScheduleCfg by identifying, patching, and verifying fixes for input sanitization deficiencies.

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.
T1059.004 Unix Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse Unix shell commands and scripts for execution.
Why these techniques?

OS command injection in network-exposed router web function directly enables remote exploitation of public-facing app (T1190) and arbitrary Unix shell command execution (T1059.004).

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

NVD Description

TOTOLINK X5000R V9.1.0cu.2350_B20230313 was discovered to contain an OS command injection vulnerability via the "minute" parameters in setScheduleCfg.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2024-57011, published on 2025-01-15, is an OS command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) affecting the TOTOLINK X5000R router firmware version V9.1.0cu.2350_B20230313. The issue resides in the setScheduleCfg function, where the "minute" parameters fail to properly sanitize user input, enabling attackers to inject and execute arbitrary operating system commands.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating network accessibility with low attack complexity. Exploitation requires low privileges, such as those of an authenticated user, and no user interaction. Attackers can achieve high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially resulting in full router compromise, including data theft, configuration changes, or denial of service.

Mitigation details can be found in the referenced advisories, including the vendor site at https://www.totolink.net/ and the vulnerability disclosure at https://github.com/tiger5671/Vulnerabilities/blob/main/TOTOLINK%20X5000R/setScheduleCfg/setScheduleCfg.md. Security practitioners should check these sources for patches or workarounds specific to the affected firmware.

Details

CWE(s)

Affected Products

totolink
x5000r firmware
9.1.0cu.2350_b20230313

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