CVE-2025-5000Network attack vector

Authenticated command injection via filename parameter

Published May 20, 2025 · Updated May 21, 2025

Command injection in Linksys FGW3000-AH and FGW3000-HK 1.0.17.000000 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute commands. The control_panel_sw function in /cgi-bin/sysconf.cgi incorporates the attacker-controlled filename POST argument into command processing without neutralizing command syntax. Access to the web management interface is required, and successful injection permits commands to run with the firmware service's privileges, enabling device data or settings to be read or altered and services to be interrupted.

CVSS severity9.8
Critical
EPSS probability7.22%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Command injection in Linksys FGW3000-AH and FGW3000-HK 1.0.17.000000 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute commands. The control_panel_sw function in /cgi-bin/sysconf.cgi incorporates the attacker-controlled filename POST argument into command processing without neutralizing command syntax. Access to the web management interface is required, and successful injection permits commands to run with the firmware service's privileges, enabling device data or settings to be read or altered and services to be interrupted.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-5000
Published
May 20, 2025
Updated
May 21, 2025
Vendor
Linksys
Product
FGW3000-AH
Classifications
CWE-74, CWE-77, T1059
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 20, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. May 21, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=1.0.0
  2. Affected versionversion=1.0.1
  3. Affected versionversion=1.0.10
  4. Affected versionversion=1.0.11
  5. Affected versionversion=1.0.12
  6. Affected versionversion=1.0.13
  7. Affected versionversion=1.0.14
  8. Affected versionversion=1.0.15
  9. Affected versionversion=1.0.16
  10. Affected versionversion=1.0.17.000000
  11. Affected versionversion=1.0.2
  12. Affected versionversion=1.0.3
  13. Affected versionversion=1.0.4
  14. Affected versionversion=1.0.5
  15. Affected versionversion=1.0.6
  16. Affected versionversion=1.0.7
  17. Affected versionversion=1.0.8
  18. Affected versionversion=1.0.9

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Linksys · FGW3000-AHversion=1.0.0; version=1.0.1; version=1.0.10; version=1.0.11; version=1.0.12; version=1.0.13; version=1.0.14; version=1.0.15; version=1.0.16; version=1.0.17.000000; version=1.0.2; version=1.0.3; version=1.0.4; version=1.0.5; version=1.0.6; version=1.0.7; version=1.0.8; version=1.0.9
Linksys · FGW3000-HKversion=1.0.0; version=1.0.1; version=1.0.10; version=1.0.11; version=1.0.12; version=1.0.13; version=1.0.14; version=1.0.15; version=1.0.16; version=1.0.17.000000; version=1.0.2; version=1.0.3; version=1.0.4; version=1.0.5; version=1.0.6; version=1.0.7; version=1.0.8; version=1.0.9

Published CVSS scores

9.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.3VulDBCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
6.3VulDBCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
6.5VulDBAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
5.3VulDBCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter

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