Summary
CVE-2026-51700 is an improper access control vulnerability (CWE-284) in the setWiFiAdvancedCfg function of the TOTOLINK T6 router’s web management interface, firmware version 4.1.5cu.748_B20211015. The function fails to verify that the requester is authenticated before processing wireless configuration changes, allowing a remote, unauthenticated attacker to submit a crafted request that degrades wireless behavior. The flaw carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.1 (Critical).
Technical details
- Root cause: The
setWiFiAdvancedCfgfunction, exposed via the device’s CGI handler, does not enforce authentication or session validation before applying wireless configuration changes. - Trigger condition: An attacker sends a crafted HTTP POST request to
/cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgiinvoking thesetWiFiAdvancedCfgaction. - Attack vector: Network-based, no authentication or user interaction required (AV:N, PR:N, UI:N).
- Impact: Unauthenticated remote modification of wireless configuration, degrading wireless behavior on the device; the CVSS vector indicates high confidentiality and integrity impact with no availability impact.
Affected software
- TOTOLINK T6, firmware version 4.1.5cu.748_B20211015
Severity
- CVSS v3.1 Base Score: 9.1 (Critical)
- Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Mitigation and recommended actions
- Immediate: No official TOTOLINK firmware update addressing this CVE was identified at the time of this writing. Check TOTOLINK’s official download portal for a firmware release for the T6 model that supersedes 4.1.5cu.748_B20211015 and apply it as soon as it becomes available.
- If no patch is available: Restrict access to the router’s web management interface (
/cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi) to trusted internal networks only; do not expose the management interface to the internet. Place the device behind a firewall/VPN, disable remote management, and monitor for unexpected POST requests to the CGI endpoint targeting wireless configuration functions.
How IONIX identifies potentially affected assets
IONIX matches the following signals against data already collected when it crawled the asset; identifying the technology sends no request beyond that crawl.
- Raw response body:
/cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi,N600R (Firmware version V,TOTOLINK

