{"id":36823,"date":"2025-05-10T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-05-19T05:53:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T05:53:26","slug":"cve-2024-57235-critical-command-injection-vulnerability-in-netgear-rax5-router","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-57235-critical-command-injection-vulnerability-in-netgear-rax5-router\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2024-57235: Critical Command Injection Vulnerability in NETGEAR RAX5 Router<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We will be diving into the details of a recently discovered critical vulnerability &#8211; CVE-2024-57235. This command injection vulnerability has been identified in the NETGEAR RAX5 (AX1600 WiFi Router) V1.0.2.26. This is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32846-critical-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-telecontrol-server-basic\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"41525\">critical vulnerability<\/a> due to its potential to lead to system compromise or data leakage. Given the ubiquity of NETGEAR routers in homes and businesses across the globe, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32974-critical-vulnerability-in-xwiki-s-rights-analysis-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42252\">vulnerability holds the potential<\/a> for widespread impact.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2024-57235<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.8 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-49126-critical-vulnerability-in-solid-edge-se2023-allows-for-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"43440\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1661390218\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-57233-command-injection-vulnerability-in-netgear-rax5-wifi-router\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"43029\">NETGEAR RAX5<\/a> (AX1600 WiFi Router) | V1.0.2.26<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4116-critical-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-netgear-jwnr2000v2-1-0-0-11\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42220\">vulnerability lies in the vif_enable function of the NETGEAR<\/a> RAX5 router. Specifically, the &#8216;iface&#8217; parameter is susceptible to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-35959-command-injection-vulnerability-in-gtkwave-3-3-115\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"41578\">command injection<\/a>. This means that an attacker can inject malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3776-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-wordpress-targetsms-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"41529\">code that the system will execute<\/a>. This could potentially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30391-microsoft-dynamics-input-validation-vulnerability-leading-to-unauthorized-information-disclosure\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42599\">lead to unauthorized<\/a> access, system compromise, or data leakage.<br \/>\nBy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/boosting-digital-security-leveraging-the-european-vulnerability-database-enisa\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"44936\">leveraging this vulnerability<\/a>, an attacker can run arbitrary commands on the system, which could be used to disable security measures, manipulate data, or even install malware. The most alarming aspect is that this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43917-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-pritunl-client\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"41895\">vulnerability requires no user interaction and no special privileges<\/a>, significantly increasing the ease and potential range of attacks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-244947799\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a conceptual example showing how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47154-exploitation-of-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-libjs-in-ladybird\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42379\">vulnerability might be exploited<\/a> using an HTTP POST request:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/vif_enable HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target-router-ip\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{ &quot;iface&quot;: &quot;; rm -rf \/;&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the malicious payload `&#8221;; rm -rf \/;&#8221;` would be injected into the &#8216;iface&#8217; parameter. This is a destructive command that, when executed, would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3404-wordpress-download-manager-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"41697\">delete all files<\/a> in the system. This is just one example of what an attacker could do. The actual impact could be even more severe, depending on the attacker&#8217;s intentions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Mitigations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is highly recommended to apply the vendor&#8217;s patch to fix this vulnerability. If the patch cannot be applied immediately, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can serve as a temporary mitigation. These can help detect and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-35989-integer-overflow-vulnerability-in-gtkwave-s-lxt2-zlib-block-allocation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"41952\">block attacks attempting to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>. However, they should not be considered a long-term solution as they do not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4335-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-woocommerce-multiple-addresses-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"43733\">address the root cause of the vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview We will be diving into the details of a recently discovered critical vulnerability &#8211; CVE-2024-57235. This command injection vulnerability has been identified in the NETGEAR RAX5 (AX1600 WiFi Router) V1.0.2.26. This is a critical vulnerability due to its potential to lead to system compromise or data leakage. Given the ubiquity of NETGEAR routers in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[78],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-36823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-injection"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36823"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40184,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36823\/revisions\/40184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36823"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=36823"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=36823"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=36823"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=36823"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=36823"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=36823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}