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CVE-2025-8140
published 2025-07-25

CVE-2025-8140: A vulnerability was found in TOTOLINK A702R 4.0.0-B20230721.1521. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file…

PriorityP269high8.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
7.10%
93.5th percentile
A vulnerability was found in TOTOLINK A702R 4.0.0-B20230721.1521. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /boafrm/formWlanMultipleAP of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument submit-url leads to buffer overflow. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Affected

20 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
msrcazl3_unzip_6.0-20_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_unzip_6.0-22_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrccbl2_unzip_6.0-19_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
msrccbl_mariner_1.0_arm
msrccbl_mariner_1.0_x64
msrccbl_mariner_2.0_arm
msrccbl_mariner_2.0_x64
msrccm1_unzip_6.0-16_on_cbl_mariner_1.0
msrcunzip-6.0-16.cm1.aarch64.rpm_on_cbl_mariner_1.0_arm
msrcunzip-6.0-16.cm1.x86_64.rpm_on_cbl_mariner_1.0_x64
msrcunzip-6.0-19.cm2.aarch64.rpm_on_cbl_mariner_2.0_arm
msrcunzip-6.0-19.cm2.x86_64.rpm_on_cbl_mariner_2.0_x64
msrcunzip-6.0-20.azl3.aarch64.rpm_on_azure_linux_3.0_arm
msrcunzip-6.0-20.azl3.x86_64.rpm_on_azure_linux_3.0_x64
msrcunzip-debuginfo-6.0-16.cm1.aarch64.rpm_on_cbl_mariner_1.0_arm
msrcunzip-debuginfo-6.0-16.cm1.x86_64.rpm_on_cbl_mariner_1.0_x64
msrcunzip-debuginfo-6.0-19.cm2.aarch64.rpm_on_cbl_mariner_2.0_arm
msrcunzip-debuginfo-6.0-19.cm2.x86_64.rpm_on_cbl_mariner_2.0_x64
totolinka702r
totolinka702r_firmware

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

path/boafrm/formWlanMultipleAP
commandsubmit-url=<100+ byte payload>
snort
alert http any any -> $HOME_NET any (msg:"ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Totolink formWlanMultipleAP submit-url Parameter Buffer Overflow Attempt (CVE-2025-8140)"; flow:established,to_server; http.method; content:"POST"; http.uri; bsize:26; content:"/boafrm/formWlanMultipleAP"; fast_pattern; http.request_body; content:"submit-url|3d|"; pcre:"/^[^\x26$]{100,}(?:\x26|$)/R"; reference:url,github.com/panda666-888/vuls; reference:cve,2025-8140; classtype:web-application-attack; sid:2063720; rev:1; metadata:affected_product TOTOLINK, attack_target Networking_Equipment, tls_state plaintext, created_at 2025_07_25, cve CVE_2025_8140, deployment Perimeter, deployment Internal, performance_impact Low, confidence High, signature_severity Major, tag Exploit, tag Description_Generated_By_Proofpoint_Nexus, updated_at 2025_07_25, mitre_tactic_id TA0001, mitre_tactic_name Initial_Access, mitre_technique_id T1190, mitre_technique_name Exploit_Public_Facing_Application; target:dest_ip;)
  • Detect HTTP POST requests to the exact URI /boafrm/formWlanMultipleAP (URI length is exactly 26 bytes) targeting TOTOLINK A702R devices.
  • Flag POST request bodies containing the 'submit-url=' parameter (URL-encoded as 'submit-url=') where the value exceeds 100 characters before an ampersand or end-of-body — indicative of a buffer overflow attempt.
  • The exploit is publicly disclosed; monitor for exploitation attempts originating from external/perimeter networks against internal networking equipment (TOTOLINK routers) over plaintext HTTP.
  • Map detections to MITRE ATT&CK: Initial Access (TA0001) via Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190).
  • ·The vulnerability affects a specific firmware version of TOTOLINK A702R; ensure version scoping is applied when deploying detections to avoid false positives on other TOTOLINK models.
  • ·The Snort/Suricata rule (sid:2063720) uses a fixed URI bsize of 26 bytes; any URL rewriting or proxy normalization that alters the URI length may cause the rule to miss the attack.
  • ·Detection only applies to plaintext HTTP traffic; if the device is placed behind a TLS-terminating proxy, traffic must be decrypted before inspection.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv4.07.4HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
nvdv2.09.0CRITICALAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
vendor_msrc7.8HIGH
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