# CVE-2020-24552: Atop Technology 3G/4G LTE Cellular to Ethernet and Serial Secure Industrial Gateway - Command Injection

> Attackers can execute arbitrary system commands on Atop Technology industrial gateways via the web management interface due to insufficient input validation.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Sep 2020
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-76r8-wr7m-q22f

## What is CVE-2020-24552?

CVE-2020-24552 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Atop Technology 3G/4G LTE Cellular to Ethernet and Serial Secure Industrial Gateway SE5901, published on 10 Sep 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Atop Technology industrial 3G/4G gateway contains Command Injection vulnerability. Due to insufficient input validation, the device's web management interface allows attackers to inject specific code and execute system commands without privilege.

Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-24552?

It affects 7 products.


Products: Atoptechnology Se5901 Firmware, Atoptechnology Se5901b Firmware, Atoptechnology Se5904d Firmware, Atoptechnology Se5908 Firmware, Atoptechnology Se5908a Firmware, Atoptechnology Se5916 Firmware, Atoptechnology Se5916a Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-24552?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-24552 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-24552 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-24552 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-24552 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-24552 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Atop Technology 3G/4G LTE Cellular to Ethernet and Serial Secure Industrial Gateway SE5901, published on 10 Sep 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-24552 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Atop Technology 3G/4G LTE Cellular to Ethernet and Serial Secure Industrial Gateway SE5901. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24552/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24552/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24552
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24552
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-24552

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