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CVE-2024-29972 Public exploit Critical · 9.8 EPSS 90.3%

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** The command injection vulnerability in the CGI program "remote_help-cgi" in Zyxel…

Zyxel · NAS326 firmware

Summary

The command injection flaw lives in the "remote_help-cgi" CGI program of Zyxel NAS326 firmware (before V5.21(AAZF.17)C0) and NAS542 firmware (before V5.21(ABAG.14)C0). An unauthenticated attacker with network access to the device can execute some operating system commands by sending a crafted HTTP POST request, with no user interaction required.

Official description · CVE.org

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** The command injection vulnerability in the CGI program "remote_help-cgi" in Zyxel NAS326 firmware versions before V5.21(AAZF.17)C0 and NAS542 firmware versions before V5.21(ABAG.14)C0 could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute some operating system (OS) commands by sending a crafted HTTP POST request.

Breakdown
66.8 / 100
Exploited
Yes, in VulnCheck KEV
Reports
0
Tactics
0/15

First seen exploited 12 months after disclosure. Public exploit code (PoC-in-GitHub) appeared 16 days after disclosure.

  1. Disclosedday 0
  2. Public exploit codePoC-in-GitHub+16 days
  3. First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence+12 mo

techniques

No techniques linked

No ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.

What security researchers reported

Not named in any threat report yet

References

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