What is CVE-2024-48705?

CVE-2024-48705 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wavlink Wl-Wn531p3, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-09-02.

How severe is CVE-2024-48705?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-48705 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Wavlink Wl-Wn531p3

CVE-2024-48705

Wavlink AC1200 with firmware versions M32A3_V1410_230602 and M32A3_V1410_240222 are vulnerable to a post-authentication command injection while resetting the password. This vulnerability is specifically found within the "set_sys_adm" function of the "adm.cgi" binary, and is due to improper santization of the user provided "newpass" field

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.033 (87.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Wavlink Wl-wn531p3
Wavlink Wl-wn531p3_firmware — versions m32a3_v1410_230602, m32a3_v1410_240222
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Product)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-48705?: CVE-2024-48705 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wavlink Wl-Wn531p3, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-09-02.
How severe is CVE-2024-48705?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-48705 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.