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Critical Command Injection Flaws Expose Totolink A8000RU Routers to Remote RCE

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Updated April 28, 2026 at 12:01 AM4 sources
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Critical Command Injection Flaws Expose Totolink A8000RU Routers to Remote RCE

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Three critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-7121, CVE-2026-7122, and CVE-2026-7125, were disclosed in the Totolink A8000RU router running firmware 7.1cu.643_b20200521, all affecting the /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi CGI handler. The flaws are OS command injection issues in the setWizardCfg, setUPnPCfg, and setWiFiEasyCfg functions, where crafted input to the wizard, enable, and merge arguments can trigger command execution on the device. The vulnerabilities are mapped to CWE-78 and CWE-77 and were rated critical across CVSS v2, CVSS v3.1, and CVSS v4.0 scoring schemes.

All three issues are remotely exploitable over the network and require no privileges and no user interaction, creating a high-risk exposure for internet-accessible devices. Public exploit information has already been disclosed, with references including VulDB entries and a GitHub proof-of-concept, increasing the likelihood of near-term exploitation. The disclosures indicate that multiple administrative configuration paths in the router's web interface can be abused for remote code execution, making unpatched A8000RU systems a priority for immediate review and remediation.

Timeline

  1. Apr 27, 2026

    CVE-2026-7152 published for Totolink A8000RU setTelnetCfg command injection

    On 2026-04-27, a new CVE record, CVE-2026-7152, was published for a remotely exploitable OS command injection flaw in the setTelnetCfg function of /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi on Totolink A8000RU firmware 7.1cu.643_b20200521. The issue can be triggered via the telnet_enabled argument and public exploit information was reported as available.

  2. Apr 27, 2026

    CVE-2026-7121, CVE-2026-7122, and CVE-2026-7125 entries were published

    On April 27, 2026, new CVE records were published for three critical Totolink A8000RU vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-7121, CVE-2026-7122, and CVE-2026-7125. The entries classified the issues under CWE-77/CWE-78 and assigned critical severity across CVSS v2, v3.1, and v4.0.

  3. Apr 27, 2026

    Public exploits disclosed for three Totolink A8000RU command injection flaws

    Public exploit information was available for three remotely exploitable OS command injection issues in Totolink A8000RU firmware 7.1cu.643_b20200521, affecting the setWizardCfg, setUPnPCfg, and setWiFiEasyCfg functions in /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi. The flaws require no privileges or user interaction and enable remote command execution via crafted CGI parameters.

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