No exploitation reported

CVE-2025-5000

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2025-05-20
WeaknessCWE-74 · CWE-77

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Description

A vulnerability was found in Linksys FGW3000-AH and FGW3000-HK up to 1.0.17.000000. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function control_panel_sw of the file /cgi-bin/sysconf.cgi of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument filename leads to 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.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2025-05-2021:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

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CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2025-5000?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD

Linksys fgw3000-ah firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
1.0	≤ 1.0.17.000000	no fix published	NVD

Linksys fgw3000-hk firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
1.0	≤ 1.0.17.000000	no fix published	NVD

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2025-05-21
OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
CNACVSS 4.05.3read 2026-10-23
CNACVSS 3.16.3read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 3.19.8read 2026-10-23
CNACVSS 2.06.5read 2026-10-23
CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-74, CWE-77read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-77read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score6.9 %2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 4.0 vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Published: 2025-05-20
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Analyzed

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-5000?

Is CVE-2025-5000 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2025-5000 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 6.9% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-5000?

CVE-2025-5000 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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