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CVE-2017-17411

CRITICAL

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Linksys WVBR0. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the web management portal. The issue lies in the lack of proper validation of user data before executing a system call. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code with root privileges. Was ZDI-CAN-4892.

Published: Dec 21, 2017 Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-78 CWE-78

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3
Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products (1)

Vendor Product Version
linksys wvbr0_firmware * < 1.0.41

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-xp6v-frx8-276h

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations...

References (10)

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10
EPSS Score 87.93%

Top 0% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 75.6 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub