CVE-2026-5178: totolink a3300r_firmware Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-5178 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Injection vulnerability in totolink a3300r_firmware. EPSS estimates a 3.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 31-03-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 02-04-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in Totolink A3300R 17.0.0cu.557_b20221024. Affected by this issue is the function setIptvCfg of the file /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi. The manipulation of the argument vlanPriLan3 leads to command injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used.

• CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.
• CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component.