CVE-2024-7170Public exploit

Credential disclosure via hard-coded product.ini password

Published Jul 28, 2024 · Updated Aug 1, 2024

Hard-coded password exposure in TOTOLINK A3000RU 5.9c.5185 allows remote authenticated users to read protected credentials. The public record identifies /web_cste/cgi-bin/product.ini but does not disclose the affected operation or how the password is exposed. Exploitation requires low privileges and adjacent-network access; the CNA reports only limited confidentiality impact.

CVSS severity5.1
Medium
EPSS probability0.75%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Hard-coded password exposure in TOTOLINK A3000RU 5.9c.5185 allows remote authenticated users to read protected credentials. The public record identifies /web_cste/cgi-bin/product.ini but does not disclose the affected operation or how the password is exposed. Exploitation requires low privileges and adjacent-network access; the CNA reports only limited confidentiality impact.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-7170
Published
Jul 28, 2024
Updated
Aug 1, 2024
Vendor
TOTOLINK
Product
A3000RU
Classifications
CWE-798, CWE-259, T1078
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 28, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 1, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=5.9c.5185
  2. Affected versionversion=5.9c.5185_b20201128

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

TOTOLINK · A3000RUversion=5.9c.5185; version=5.9c.5185_b20201128

Published CVSS scores

3.5VulDBCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
8.8NISTCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.5VulDBCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
2.7VulDBAV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
5.1VulDBCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-798Use of Hard-coded Credentials
CWE-259Use of Hard-coded Password
T1078Valid Accounts

Public exploit references

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