VulnerabilityPublished 18 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-55588: TOTOLINK A3002R · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Source CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

7.5High

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 33% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: High: There is total loss of availability, resulting in the attacker being able to fully deny access to resources in the impacted component; this loss is either sustained (while the attacker continues to deliver the attack) or persistent (the condition persists even after the attack has completed). Alternatively, the attacker has the ability to deny some availability, but the loss of availability presents a direct, serious consequence to the impacted component (e.g., the attacker cannot disrupt existing connections, but can prevent new connections; the attacker can repeatedly exploit a vulnerability that, in each instance of a successful attack, leaks a only small amount of memory, but after repeated exploitation causes a service to become completely unavailable).

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 18 Aug 2025
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 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

AI-suggested

Inventory and Identification: European organizations should first identify any deployment of TOTOLINK A3002R routers, particularly version 4.0.0-B20230531.1404, within their network infrastructure.
Network Segmentation: Isolate affected devices from critical network segments to limit the impact of potential DoS attacks.
Access Controls: Restrict access to the router's management interfaces, especially the /boafrm/formPortFw endpoint, by implementing firewall rules or access control lists (ACLs) to allow only trusted IP addresses.
Monitoring and Detection: Deploy network monitoring to detect unusual traffic patterns or repeated malformed requests targeting the fw_ip parameter, which could indicate exploitation attempts.
Vendor Engagement: Engage with TOTOLINK or authorized vendors to obtain information about patches or firmware updates addressing this vulnerability.
Temporary Workarounds: If patches are unavailable, consider disabling or restricting features related to port forwarding or firewall configuration that utilize the vulnerable parameter, if feasible.
Device Replacement: For critical environments, consider replacing vulnerable devices with models from vendors with robust security update practices.
Incident Response Preparedness: Prepare response plans to quickly recover from potential DoS incidents, including device reboot procedures and network failover strategies.

Description

TOTOLINK A3002R v4.0.0-B20230531.1404 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow in the fw_ip parameter at /boafrm/formPortFw. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted input.

Impact

For European organizations, the primary impact of this vulnerability is the potential disruption of network services due to router unavailability. While the TOTOLINK A3002R is typically targeted at consumer or small business markets, organizations using this router model for network connectivity could experience outages, impacting business operations, communications, and access to critical resources. In sectors where continuous connectivity is essential, such as healthcare, finance, or critical infrastructure, even short-term DoS can have significant operational consequences. Additionally, if exploited at scale, this vulnerability could be leveraged in broader denial-of-service campaigns or as part of multi-vector attacks targeting network infrastructure. The lack of authentication requirement increases the risk of remote exploitation, potentially allowing attackers to disrupt multiple devices within a network or across networks. However, the absence of known exploits and patches currently limits immediate widespread impact. European organizations should assess their use of TOTOLINK devices and consider the risk of service disruption, especially in environments where device replacement or patching may be delayed.

CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (opens in a new tab)
Class weaknessLikelihood of exploit: High
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
MITRE discourages mapping vulnerabilities to this broad entry; the root cause is usually a more specific weakness.
Architecture and Design
Design throttling mechanisms into the system architecture. The best protection is to limit the amount of resources that an unauthorized user can cause to be expended. A strong authentication and access control model will help prevent such attacks from occurring in the first place.
Architecture and Design
Mitigation of resource exhaustion attacks requires that the target system either: recognizes the attack and denies that user further access for a given amount of time, or; uniformly throttles all requests in order to make it more difficult to consume resources more quickly than they can again be freed.
Architecture and Design
Ensure that protocols have specific limits of scale placed on them.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
File Upload (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V12.1.1 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
XML Ping of the Death (opens in a new tab)
Regular Expression Exponential Blowup (opens in a new tab)
Sustained Client Engagement (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

github.com/goldenGlow21/softwares_PoC/blob/main/A3002R_V4/Boa%20-%20BOF/formPortFw%20PoC.md (opens in a new tab)

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 18 Aug 2025, 19:48 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-400

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