CVE-2009-5157 describes an authenticated command injection vulnerability affecting Linksys WAG54G2 devices running firmware version 1.00.10. An authenticated attacker can exploit this by injecting shell metacharacters into the setup.cgi c4_ping_ipaddr variable. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk with potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.00.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linksys:wag54g2_firmware:1.00.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.