Command Injection in MSI Router Firmware URL Filter

MSI Radix AXE6600 router firmware version v781521 contains a command injection vulnerability in the urlfilter function that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the affected device. Attackers can exploit the urlfilter function to inject malicious commands and obtain root privileges on the underlying system.

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Analysis

CVE-2026-71984 is a critical command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) affecting MSI Radix AXE6600 routers running firmware v781521. The vulnerability exists in the urlfilter function, which fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before passing it to system commands. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary shell commands and execute them with root privileges on the affected device. Given that routers serve as critical network gateways in both enterprise and consumer environments, this vulnerability represents a severe risk—attackers gaining root access can pivot into internal networks, intercept traffic, deploy persistent backdoors, and compromise every device connected through the router.

Casky's 446 matched skills leverage Claude's extended reasoning to detect the attack chain across three primary MITRE ATT&CK techniques: Initial Access (TA0001) through network-based exploitation of the exposed urlfilter endpoint, Execution (TA0002) via command injection payloads, and Privilege Escalation (TA0043) once root-level access is obtained. Practitioners using Casky would see findings that correlate suspicious HTTP requests containing shell metacharacters (pipes, semicolons, command substitution syntax) sent to the urlfilter endpoint, followed by abnormal process execution originating from the web service context with elevated privileges. The platform's skills would flag patterns like base64-encoded payloads, reverse shell callbacks, and suspicious file modifications in system directories—providing defenders with the specific indicators needed to identify exploitation attempts before the attacker establishes persistence.

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MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

TA0001 TA0043 TA0002

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