CVE-2026-6131
Published: 12 April 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-6131 is a critical-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Totolink A7100RU (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 20.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 IA-8 (Identification and Authentication (Non-organizational Users)) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Directly prevents OS command injection by validating and sanitizing the untrusted 'command' argument in the setTracerouteCfg CGI function.
Remediates the specific command injection flaw in the Totolink A7100RU firmware through identification, reporting, and correction.
Blocks unauthenticated remote attackers from accessing and exploiting the vulnerable CGI handler endpoint.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Unauthenticated remote OS command injection via public-facing web CGI interface directly enables T1190 (Exploit Public-Facing Application) and facilitates arbitrary Unix Shell execution (T1059.004) on the router.
NVD Description
A vulnerability was found in Totolink A7100RU 7.4cu.2313_b20191024. Affected by this vulnerability is the function setTracerouteCfg of the file /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi of the component CGI Handler. The manipulation of the argument command results in os command injection. The attack may be…
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launched remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-6131 is an OS command injection vulnerability affecting the Totolink A7100RU router on firmware version 7.4cu.2313_b20191024. The flaw resides in the setTracerouteCfg function within the /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi file of the CGI Handler component, where manipulation of the "command" argument enables arbitrary OS command execution. Published on 2026-04-12, it is classified under CWE-77 (Command Injection) and CWE-78 (OS Command Injection).
The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (Critical) with the vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Any unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit it over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required, potentially achieving high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as full device compromise, data exfiltration, persistent access, or service disruption.
Advisories referenced in VulDB entries (vuln/356995 and related pages) document the issue, while a GitHub repository provides a public exploit at https://github.com/Litengzheng/vuldb_new/blob/main/A7100RU/vul_182/README.md. The Totolink vendor site (https://www.totolink.net/) is listed, but no specific patches or mitigations are detailed in the available information.
The exploit has been publicly disclosed and could be used by attackers targeting exposed Totolink A7100RU devices.
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