CVE-2025-5911
Published: 10 June 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-5911 is a high-severity Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CWE-119) vulnerability in Totolink Ex1200T Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.4 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 23.2% 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-2025-17619
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in TOTOLINK EX1200T up to 4.1.2cu.5232_B20210713 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /boafrm/formDMZ of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. The…
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attack may be launched 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?
Buffer overflow in HTTP POST handler (/boafrm/formDMZ) of TOTOLINK EX1200T router web interface enables remote exploitation for potential code execution, facilitating Exploit Public-Facing Application and Exploitation of Remote Services.
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.
Managed runtimes used by platform-independent applications (e.g., JVM, CLR) enforce memory safety, preventing most buffer overflows that require direct memory manipulation.
Ongoing control assessments and code testing (static/dynamic analysis, fuzzing) surface memory buffer restriction failures, which are then remediated before release.
Memory protections (e.g., W^X, ASLR) make exploitation of buffer-boundary violations far harder to turn into code execution.
Detects exploitation attempts that produce memory corruption, crashes, or anomalous behavior.