CVE-2024-57234
Published: 05 May 2025
Summary
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, 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
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.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-13449
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_cancel_wps function.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.