Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2024-57234 is a critical-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Netgear Rax50 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059); ranked in the top 36% 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 map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
NETGEAR RAX5 AX1600 WiFi routers running firmware version 1.0.2.26 contain a command injection vulnerability in the apcli_cancel_wps function. The flaw is triggered through the ifname parameter and is tracked as CWE-77. It received a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, reflecting network-accessible exploitation with no required credentials or user interaction.
An unauthenticated attacker can supply a crafted ifname value over the network to execute arbitrary operating-system commands on the device. Successful exploitation grants full control over the router, enabling actions such as configuration changes, traffic interception, or persistence mechanisms.
The sole public reference is a technical disclosure on GitHub that details the vulnerable code path and reproduction steps; no vendor advisory or firmware patch information is provided in the available sources. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0811 with no material increase since publication.
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EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-13449
Vulnerability Data
NETGEAR RAX5 (AX1600 WiFi Router) V1.0.2.26 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability via the ifname parameter in the apcli_cancel_wps function.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation can discover command-construction flaws before deployment.
Input validation directly stops construction of commands from untrusted data containing special elements.
Secure engineering principles include proper neutralization and safe command construction practices.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and neutralization that prevent command injection.
Runtime monitoring of software and data can detect anomalous command execution resulting from injection.
Identifying recorded vulnerabilities enables remediation of command-injection flaws before exploitation.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure coding standards require proper escaping and parameterization of commands, directly eliminating CWE-77.
Security testing in development catches command-injection vulnerabilities before release.
Secure development life cycle mandates input validation and command construction practices that directly prevent command injection.
Application security requirements explicitly call for controls against injection flaws including command injection.
Secure architecture principles reduce the attack surface but do not prescribe the specific neutralization techniques needed.
Environment separation limits the blast radius of an exploited command injection but does not prevent the flaw itself.