CVE-2022-40740 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Realtek GPON router has insufficient filtering for special characters. A remote attacker authenticated as an administrator can exploit this vulnerability to perform command injection attacks, to execute arbitrary system command, manipulate system or disrupt service.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Realtek	Usdk Xpon Software Development Kit

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:realtek:usdk:1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:realtek:usdk:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:realtek:usdk:2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:realtek:xpon_software_development_kit:1.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:realtek:xpon_software_development_kit:3.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:realtek:xpon_software_development_kit:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:realtek:xpon_software_development_kit:4.1:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-6831-19121-1.html

History

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: twcert

Published: 2023-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-10T18:01:11.936Z

Reserved: 2022-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40740

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:28:41.521Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-03T03:15:09.960

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:21:57.663

Link: CVE-2022-40740

Redhat

No data.

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