Vulnerability · Published Dec 26, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-35713
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 32.9% (higher than 98% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)32.9%top 1.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling2Nuclei, Public PoC
Official description
Belkin LINKSYS RE6500 devices before 1.0.012.001 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or set a new password via shell metacharacters to the goform/setSysAdm page.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://resolverblog.blogspot.com/2020/07/linksys-re6500-unauthenticated-rce-full.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://downloads.linksys.com/support/assets/releasenotes/ExternalReleaseNotes_RE6500_1.0.012.001.txt x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugcrowd.com/disclosures/72d7246b-f77f-4f7f-9bd1-fdc35663cc92/linksys-re6500-unauthenticated-rce-working-across-multiple-fw-versions x_refsource_MISC