HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2023-4746

N200re V5 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in TOTOLINK N200RE V5 9.3.5u.6437_B20230519. This affects the function Validity_check. The manipulation leads to format string. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The root-cause of the vulnerability is a format string issue. But the impact is to bypass the validation which leads to to OS command injection. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-238635.
Affected vendor
Totolink
Affected product
N200re V5 Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-134 — Uncontrolled Format String
Published
2023-09-04

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2023-4746

  • Confirm whether Totolink N200re V5 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2023-4746.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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