CVE-2024-45413: n/a
Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.1 High.
Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 31% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 16 Sep 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.
What to do
AI-suggested
1. Immediately inventory all ZTE routers in the environment to identify potentially affected models and firmware versions. 2. Monitor ZTE vendor advisories and security bulletins for official patches or firmware updates addressing CVE-2024-45413 and apply them promptly upon release. 3. Restrict administrative access to router HTTPD interfaces to trusted management networks only, using network segmentation and access control lists (ACLs). 4. Enforce strong authentication mechanisms, including complex passwords and multi-factor authentication where supported, to reduce the risk of credential compromise. 5. Employ network intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS) with signatures or anomaly detection tuned to detect exploitation attempts targeting the rsa_decrypt function or unusual HTTPD traffic patterns. 6. Regularly audit router configurations and logs for suspicious activity indicative of exploitation attempts. 7. Consider deploying compensating controls such as VPNs or encrypted management channels to limit exposure of router management interfaces. 8. Educate network administrators about this vulnerability and the importance of timely patching and secure configuration.
Description
The HTTPD binary in multiple ZTE routers has a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in rsa_decrypt function. This function is an API wrapper for LUA to decrypt RSA encrypted ciphertext, the decrypted data is stored on the stack without checking its length. An authenticated attacker can get RCE as root by exploiting this vulnerability.