# CVE-2024-42966: Missing authorization in n/a

> Attackers can access the configuration file to steal credentials via a crafted request to the export settings script.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 24 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p332-vhv3-xv9m

## What is CVE-2024-42966?

CVE-2024-42966 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Incorrect access control in TOTOLINK N350RT V9.3.5u.6139_B20201216 allows attackers to obtain the apmib configuration file, which contains the username and the password, via a crafted request to /cgi-bin/ExportSettings.sh.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42966?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Totolink N350rt Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-42966?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-42966 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-42966 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-42966 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2025-51630](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-51630/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-7462](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7462/): TOTOLINK N350RT cstecgi.cgi setWizardCfg buffer overflow (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2024-7333](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7333/): TOTOLINK N350RT cstecgi.cgi setParentalRules buffer overflow (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2022-36479](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36479/): Command injection in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-36480](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36480/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-42966 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-42966 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-42966 exists.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2024-42966/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42966/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42966
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42966
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-42966

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42966/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.