What is CVE-2023-29801?

CVE-2023-29801 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Totolink X18, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-04-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-29801?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Totolink X18

CVE-2023-29801

TOTOLINK X18 V9.1.0cu.2024_B20220329 was discovered to contain multiple command injection vulnerabilities via the rtLogEnabled and rtLogServer parameters in the setSyslogCfg function.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2023-04-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (80.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Totolink X18
Totolink X18 Firmware — versions 9.1.0cu.2024_b20220329

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

sore-pail-31b.notion.site/Command-Injection-2-af41252fe96244209589d4e6da9aa7b7 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-29801?: CVE-2023-29801 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Totolink X18, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-04-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-29801?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.