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Vulnerability record · CVE-2025-5442 · published 2 June 2025

CVE-2025-5442: Linksys re9000 firmware command injection vulnerability

Linksys · Re9000 Firmware

A vulnerability, which was 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 issue affects the function RP_pingGatewayByBBS of the file /goform/RP_pingGatewayByBBS. The manipulation of the argument ip/nm/gw leads to os command injection. The attack may be initiated 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.

5.3 CVSS 4.0 Medium EPSS 15% · top 3.4% CWE-77 · Command injectionCWE-78 · OS command injection
5.3CVSS 4.0 base score, v2 6.5
15%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
6Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

A vulnerability, which was 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 issue affects the function RP_pingGatewayByBBS of the file /goform/RP_pingGatewayByBBS. The manipulation of the argument ip/nm/gw leads to os command injection. The attack may be initiated 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.

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:

Affected products

6 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/wudipjq/my_vuln/blob/main/Linksys/vuln_5/5.md ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.310781 Permissions RequiredVDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?id.310781 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://vuldb.com/?submit.584364 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.linksys.com/ Product
https://github.com/wudipjq/my_vuln/blob/main/Linksys/vuln_5/5.md ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2025-5442), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.