CVE-2006-5202

Wrt54g vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

4.1%

EPSS pct

90th

Exploited

No known

Linksys WRT54g firmware 1.00.9 does not require credentials when making configuration changes, which allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary configurations via a direct request to Security.tri, as demonstrated using the SecurityMode and layout parameters, a different issue than CVE-2006-2559.

Affected vendor

Linksys

Affected product

Wrt54g

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Published

2006-10-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 4.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Linksys Wrt54g is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-5202.
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