CVE-2024-12987: DrayTek Vigor Routers OS Command Injection Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
DrayTek Vigor2960, Vigor300B, and Vigor3900 routers contain an OS command injection vulnerability due to an unknown function of the file /cgi-bin/mainfunction.cgi/apmcfgupload of the component web management interface.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- An OS command injection vulnerability exists in the web management interface of the routers.
- Who is affected
- Users of the specified DrayTek Vigor routers with the vulnerable firmware.
- Urgency
- Remediation is critical as the vulnerability is actively exploited and classified as critical.
- Action
- Update the firmware of the affected Vigor routers to the latest version.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12987
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2024-12987Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-12987 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for DrayTek Vigor Routers
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- criticalexploitedCVE-2020-15415: DrayTek Multiple Vigor Routers OS Command Injection Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2024-09-30
- criticalexploitedCVE-2020-8515: Multiple DrayTek Vigor Routers Web Management Page Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2021-11-03
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