Command Injection in X5000R and A7000R - CVE-2022-27005

 

Command Injection in X5000R and A7000R - CVE-2022-27005

Published: March 18, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU61454
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-27005
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: TOTOLINK
Affected software:
X5000R
A7000R

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the setWanCfg function within the "hostName" parameter. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2022-27005

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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