CVE-2020-12124 — A remote command-line injection vulnerability in the /cgi-bin/live_api

A remote command-line injection vulnerability in the /cgi-bin/live_api.cgi endpoint of the WAVLINK WN530H4 M30H4.V5030.190403 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary Linux commands as root without authentication.

01What is this vulnerability?

A remote command-line injection vulnerability in the /cgi-bin/live_api.cgi endpoint of the WAVLINK WN530H4 M30H4.V5030.190403 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary Linux commands as root without authentication.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-10-02T08:11:57.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T11:48:58.323Z

09References

• www.wavlink.com — https://www.wavlink.com/en_us/product/WL-WN530H4.html
• cerne.xyz — https://cerne.xyz/bugs/CVE-2020-12124