Public proof of concept

CVE-2025-5444

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

Published2025-06-02
WeaknessCWE-77 · CWE-78

Am I affected?

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Description

A vulnerability 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 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function RP_UpgradeFWByBBS of the file /goform/RP_UpgradeFWByBBS. The manipulation of the argument type/ch/ssidhex/security/extch/pwd/mode/ip/nm/gw leads to os command injection. The attack can be launched 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

2025-06-0212:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

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

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

Block these indicators

Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2025-5444?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2025-5444?format=csv
TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.

Versions per branch

NVD

Linksys re6250 firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
1.0	= 1.0.04.001	no fix published	NVD

Linksys re6300 firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
1.2	= 1.2.07.001	no fix published	NVD

Linksys re6350 firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
1.0	= 1.0.04.001	no fix published	NVD

3 more products in the sources.

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 decisionpoc2025-06-02
OpenCVESSVC decisionpoc—
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-77, CWE-78read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-78read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score13.6 %read 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: 2025-06-02
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Analyzed

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-5444?

Is CVE-2025-5444 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2025-5444, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-5444?

CVE-2025-5444 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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