CVE-2024-57230
Published: 05 May 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-57230 is a critical-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Netgear Rax50 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 7.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-57230 is a command injection vulnerability in the NETGEAR RAX5 AX1600 WiFi Router running firmware version 1.0.2.26. The flaw resides in the apcli_do_enr_pin_wps function, where the ifname parameter is processed without adequate sanitization, allowing arbitrary command execution as described under CWE-77. The issue carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, reflecting network-accessible exploitation with no required credentials or user interaction.
An unauthenticated attacker with network access to the device can supply a crafted ifname value to the affected function and execute operating-system commands. Successful exploitation grants full control over the router, enabling actions such as configuration changes, traffic interception, or persistence mechanisms.
The single public reference is a technical disclosure containing proof-of-concept details but no vendor advisory or patch information. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0811 with no material increase since publication.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-13467
Vulnerability details
NETGEAR RAX5 (AX1600 WiFi Router) V1.0.2.26 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability via the ifname parameter in the apcli_do_enr_pin_wps function.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
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Mitigating Controls
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