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Public proof of concept

CVE-2025-8823

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2025-08-11
  • WeaknessCWE-77 · CWE-78

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Description

A vulnerability was found in Linksys RE6250, RE6300, RE6350, RE6500, RE7000 and RE9000 up to 20250801. Affected by this vulnerability is the function setDeviceName of the file /goform/setDeviceName. The manipulation of the argument DeviceName 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
  1. 2025-08-1102:15CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD
Linksys re6250 firmwareversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.0= 1.0.04.001no fix published
Linksys re6300 firmwareversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.2= 1.2.07.001no fix published
Linksys re6350 firmwareversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.0= 1.0.04.001no fix published

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.

Products declared by the CNA6 products

As VulDB, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Linksys RE6250
    Affected
    • = 20250801no fix stated
  • Linksys RE6300
    Affected
    • = 20250801no fix stated
  • Linksys RE6350
    Affected
    • = 20250801no fix stated
  • Linksys RE6500
    Affected
    • = 20250801no fix stated
  • Linksys RE7000
    Affected
    • = 20250801no fix stated
  • Linksys RE9000
    Affected
    • = 20250801no fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2025-08-11

Fix

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

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2025-08-12
  • CNACVSS 4.02.1known since 2026-10-23
  • CNACVSS 3.16.3known since 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.18.8read 2026-10-23
  • CNACVSS 2.06.5known since 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-77, CWE-78known since 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score5.8 %2026-11-09
  • GitHub Advisoriesadvisory—

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:P/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
2025-08-11
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-m6vg-69cm-gx8x

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-8823?

A vulnerability was found in Linksys RE6250, RE6300, RE6350, RE6500, RE7000 and RE9000 up to 20250801. Affected by this vulnerability is the function setDeviceName of the file /goform/setDeviceName. The manipulation of the argument DeviceName 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.

Is CVE-2025-8823 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2025-8823, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-8823?

CVE-2025-8823 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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