# DrayTek Vigor Routers: Vigor Routers OS Command Injection Vulnerability · pwn.watch

> DrayTek Vigor2960, Vigor300B, and Vigor3900 routers contain an OS command injection vulnerability due to an unknown function of the file /cgi-bin/mainfunction.cgi/apmcfgupload of the component web management interface. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-05-15.

Page: https://pwn.watch/i/draytek-vigor-routers-cve-2024-12987 · generated 2026-10-22T22:00:08.805Z

## Status
- Severity: medium · status: closed · patch: patched
- Product: DrayTek Vigor Routers
- Started: 2025-05-15 · closed: 2025-05-15
- CVEs: CVE-2024-12987
- Affected: See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)
- Fixed in: See vendor advisory linked in sources

## Follow this incident
- RSS (one item per update): https://pwn.watch/i/draytek-vigor-routers-cve-2024-12987/feed.xml
- JSON Feed: https://pwn.watch/i/draytek-vigor-routers-cve-2024-12987/feed.json
- Full data (timeline, sources, posts, agentBrief): https://pwn.watch/i/draytek-vigor-routers-cve-2024-12987.json
- This file: https://pwn.watch/i/draytek-vigor-routers-cve-2024-12987/llms.txt

## Updates (newest first)
- 2025-05-15: CISA added CVE-2024-12987 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-06-05).

## Fix brief
# Security brief: DrayTek Vigor Routers: Vigor Routers OS Command Injection Vulnerability

Source: https://pwn.watch/i/draytek-vigor-routers-cve-2024-12987 · status: closed (closed May 15, 2025) · severity: medium · updated May 15, 2025

## Patch status
**PATCHED: fixed releases exist. Upgrade to a fixed version.**

## What it is
DrayTek Vigor2960, Vigor300B, and Vigor3900 routers contain an OS command injection vulnerability due to an unknown function of the file /cgi-bin/mainfunction.cgi/apmcfgupload of the component web management interface. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-05-15.

Severity detail: CVSS 6.9 (CNA, v4.0); actively exploited (CISA KEV)

- Product: DrayTek Vigor Routers
- CVE / advisory ids: CVE-2024-12987

## Affected versions
- See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)

## Check whether you're affected
No generic command applies (the product is a hosted service, appliance or desktop app). Check the installed version in its admin UI / About screen and compare with the versions above.

## Fix
Upgrade to one of these fixed versions (or later on the same branch):
- See vendor advisory linked in sources

After upgrading, re-run the checks above and redeploy/restart the affected services.

## Latest updates
- May 15, 2025: CISA added CVE-2024-12987 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-06-05).

## Advisories
- [DrayTek advisory: DrayTek Vigor Routers](https://fw.draytek.com.tw/Vigor2960/Firmware/v1.5.1.5/DrayTek_Vigor2960_V1.5.1.5_01release-note.pdf) (DrayTek)
- [DrayTek advisory: DrayTek Vigor Routers](https://fw.draytek.com.tw/Vigor300B/Firmware/v1.5.1.5/DrayTek_Vigor300B_V1.5.1.5_01release-note.pdf) (DrayTek)
- [DrayTek advisory: DrayTek Vigor Routers](https://fw.draytek.com.tw/Vigor3900/Firmware/v1.5.1.5/DrayTek_Vigor3900_V1.5.1.5_01release-note.pdf) (DrayTek)
- [NVD: CVE-2024-12987](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12987) (NVD)
- [CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog](https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) (CISA)

## Caveats
Derived from CISA KEV JSON feed catalogVersion 2026.10.21. CVSS from the CVE record (cvelistV5). Exact affected/fixed version strings are not always in the KEV record; verify against the vendor advisory URL. startedAt uses dateAdded (exploitation may have begun earlier; many entries are older CVEs newly confirmed as exploited in 2025).

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