CVE-2022-40740 describes a command injection vulnerability in Realtek GPON routers, specifically affecting the USDK and XPON Software Development Kit. An authenticated administrator can exploit insufficient special character filtering to execute arbitrary system commands, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While rated as high severity (CVSS 7.2), there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:realtek:usdk:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:realtek:usdk:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:realtek:usdk:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:realtek:xpon_software_development_kit:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:realtek:xpon_software_development_kit:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.