Unauthenticated command execution via userEmail shell injection
Published Jan 21, 2025 · Updated Feb 4, 2025
Command injection in Linksys E8450 firmware 1.2.00.360516 allows remote attackers to execute operating-system commands via userEmail. The portal.cgi register_email path passes the parsed userEmail JSON field directly to system without neutralizing shell metacharacters. No authentication or user interaction is required, and injected commands run with the privileges of the router's web-management process.
Summary
What happened
Command injection in Linksys E8450 firmware 1.2.00.360516 allows remote attackers to execute operating-system commands via userEmail. The portal.cgi register_email path passes the parsed userEmail JSON field directly to system without neutralizing shell metacharacters. No authentication or user interaction is required, and injected commands run with the privileges of the router's web-management process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-57539
- Published
- Jan 21, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 4, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-77, T1059
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 21, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 4, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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Public exploit references
- Linksys E8450 userEmail command-injection proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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