Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This affects multiple ELECOM wireless routers. An attacker already near the network and holding administrator privileges could make the router run operating-system commands. That can compromise router confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but the required access limits urgency compared with unauthenticated remote flaws.
Executive priority
Prioritize remediation for affected routers in business, branch, or shared-network environments. This is not evidenced as actively exploited in the bundle, but successful abuse could give an attacker control over routing infrastructure and disrupt or observe network traffic.
Technical view
CVE-2024-22372 is a CWE-78 OS command injection issue in listed ELECOM WRC router firmware versions. CVSS 3.0 is 6.8: adjacent network access, low complexity, high privileges, no user interaction, unchanged scope, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely in offices, homes, labs, or branches using the listed ELECOM WRC models at affected firmware versions. Risk increases where router administration is reachable from broad LAN, Wi-Fi, guest, or shared network segments, or where administrator credentials may be reused or compromised.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation evidence. The stated attack condition is network-adjacent access plus administrative privilege, using a specially crafted request. Treat exploitation status as unconfirmed from the provided evidence.
Researcher notes
Key constraints are adjacent-network access and high privileges. Do not assume internet-wide exploitability from the CVSS vector alone. Validation should focus on firmware identification, management-plane reachability, admin credential exposure, and whether vendor advisories provide a fixed release path.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory ELECOM WRC routers and record exact model and firmware versions.
- Check ELECOM and JVN guidance for fixed firmware or supported remediation.
- Restrict router administration access to trusted management networks only.
- Remove administrative access from guest, shared, and untrusted wireless segments.
- Review administrator credentials and replace weak, reused, or shared passwords.
Validation and detection
- Compare deployed model numbers against the affected product list.
- Confirm firmware is newer than the affected version threshold where vendor guidance supports that.
- Verify admin interfaces are inaccessible from guest or untrusted adjacent networks.
- Review router logs for unexpected administrator activity or configuration changes.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.8 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H0.95.9jpcertVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
6.8MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vulnerability timeline
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.elecom.co.jp/news/security/20240123-01/CVE reference, jpcert
- https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU90908488/CVE reference, jpcert
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CWE details
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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.