CVE-2025-2955
Published: 30 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-2955 is a medium-severity Incorrect Privilege Assignment (CWE-266) vulnerability in Totolink A3000Ru Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 46.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-8682
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability has been found in TOTOLINK A3000RU up to 5.9c.5185 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /cgi-bin/ExportIbmsConfig.sh of the component IBMS Configuration File Handler. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. The attack…
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can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
The access control policy and procedures directly mandate and enforce proper access control mechanisms across the organization.
Supervision and review of access control activities directly detects and remediates improper access configurations or usages.
Defining account types, requiring approvals for creation, specifying authorizations, monitoring usage, and reviewing accounts directly prevents improper access control by ensuring only authorized accounts exist and are used.
The control requires explicit definition of separated access authorizations, making incorrect privilege assignments that bundle conflicting duties harder to implement.
Ensures privileges are assigned only as necessary rather than incorrectly over-granted.
Device lock enforces restricted access until re-authentication, directly reducing unauthorized use of active sessions.
Explicitly identifying and documenting actions permitted without identification or authentication enforces proper access control boundaries by defining justified exceptions.
By automatically labeling outputs with security attributes, the control supports attribute-based enforcement and reduces exploitability of improper access control weaknesses.