An issue in the luci-mod-rpc package in OpenWRT Luci LTS allows for privilege escalation…
Priority HIGH 70CWE-522Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-522.
Summary
An issue in the luci-mod-rpc package in OpenWRT Luci LTS allows for privilege escalation from an admin account to root via the JSON-RPC-API, which is exposed by the luci-mod-rpc package
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00264 18th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-51240
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xv9r-mhj6-33xr
Sources
- CVE-2024-51240 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-51240 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xv9r-mhj6-33xr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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