CVE-2025-4269
Published: 05 May 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-4269 is a medium-severity Incorrect Privilege Assignment (CWE-266) vulnerability in Totolink A720R Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 42.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-14981
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in TOTOLINK A720R 4.1.5cu.374 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi of the component Log Handler. The manipulation of the argument topicurl with the input clearDiagnosisLog/clearSyslog/clearTracerouteLog leads to improper…
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access controls. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The vulnerability enables unauthenticated remote clearing of diagnostic, syslog, and traceroute logs via improper access controls in /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi, facilitating exploitation for privilege escalation (T1068 as noted in advisory) and clearing Linux-based system logs (T1070.002).
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.