Vulnerability · Published Jun 2, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2025-5440Linksys RE6500/RE6250/RE6300/RE6350/RE7000/RE9000 NTP os command injection

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity OS command injection in RE6250 from Linksys. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 4.8% (higher than 92% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)4.8%top 8.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Linksys RE6500, RE6250, RE6300, RE6350, RE7000 and RE9000 1.0.013.001/1.0.04.001/1.0.04.002/1.1.05.003/1.2.07.001. This affects the function NTP of the file /goform/NTP. The manipulation of the argument manual_year_select/manual_month_select/manual_day_select/manual_hour_select/manual_min_select/manual_sec_select leads to os command injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linksys RE6500 1.0.013.0011.0.04.0011.0.04.0021.1.05.0031.2.07.001
Linksys RE6250 1.0.013.0011.0.04.0011.0.04.0021.1.05.0031.2.07.001
Linksys RE6300 1.0.013.0011.0.04.0011.0.04.0021.1.05.0031.2.07.001
Linksys RE6350 1.0.013.0011.0.04.0011.0.04.0021.1.05.0031.2.07.001
Linksys RE7000 1.0.013.0011.0.04.0011.0.04.0021.1.05.0031.2.07.001
Linksys RE9000 1.0.013.0011.0.04.0011.0.04.0021.1.05.0031.2.07.001

Weakness: CWE-78, CWE-77 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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