Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-57018

HighPublic PoCRCE

Published: 15 January 2025

Published
15 January 2025
Modified
13 March 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0338 87.7th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-57018 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 12.3% 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).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2024-57018 is an OS command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) in the TOTOLINK X5000R router firmware version V9.1.0cu.2350_B20230313. The flaw exists in the setVpnAccountCfg function, where the "desc" parameter is not properly sanitized before being passed to a system command, allowing arbitrary command execution.

An authenticated attacker with network access can supply a malicious "desc" value to achieve command execution on the device. Given the CVSS 8.8 rating (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), successful exploitation can result in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected router.

The EPSS score rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.0695 on 2025-12-11 before receding to the current value of 0.0338, indicating that exploitation interest increased after public disclosure. No vendor advisory or patch details are provided in the available references.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

TOTOLINK X5000R V9.1.0cu.2350_B20230313 was discovered to contain an OS command injection vulnerability via the "desc" parameter in setVpnAccountCfg.

CWE(s)
CWE-78

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

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

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

CVEs Like This One

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CVE-2024-57011Same product: Totolink X5000R
CVE-2024-57012Same product: Totolink X5000R
CVE-2024-57014Same product: Totolink X5000R
CVE-2024-57022Same product: Totolink X5000R
CVE-2024-57021Same product: Totolink X5000R
CVE-2024-57020Same product: Totolink X5000R
CVE-2024-57019Same product: Totolink X5000R

Affected Assets

totolink
x5000r firmware
9.1.0cu.2350_b20230313

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

SI-10 directly requires validation and sanitization of the 'desc' parameter in setVpnAccountCfg to block OS command injection.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

SI-2 mandates timely flaw remediation via firmware patching to eliminate the unsanitized input vulnerability.

SI-9 Information Input Restrictions good match
prevent

SI-9 enforces restrictions on information inputs to prevent acceptance of command injection payloads in the 'desc' parameter.

References