CVE-2024-12987
Actively exploited. CVE-2024-12987 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-05-15) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2024-12987 is indexed in Nuclei. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
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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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2024-12987 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- NucleiA nuclei-templates detection/PoC template exists for this CVE.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2024-12987: DrayTek Vigor Routers OS Command Injection Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-05-15
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