CVE-2024-21833: tp-link archer_ax3000_firmware OS Command Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-21833 is a high (CVSS 8.8) OS Command Injection vulnerability in tp-link archer_ax3000_firmware. EPSS estimates a 1.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 10-01-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 16-06-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple TP-LINK products allow a network-adjacent unauthenticated attacker with access to the product to execute arbitrary OS commands. The affected device, with the initial configuration, allows login only from the LAN port or Wi-Fi.

• CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.