CVE-2009-5157
On Linksys WAG54G2 1.00.10 devices, there is authenticated command injection via shell...
On Linksys WAG54G2 1.00.10 devices, there is authenticated command injection via shell metacharacters in the setup.cgi c4_ping_ipaddr variable.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
8.8
On Linksys WAG54G2 1.00.10 devices, there is authenticated command injection via shell metacharacters in the setup.cgi c4_ping_ipaddr variable.
- Record
CVE-2009-5157- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
On Linksys WAG54G2 1.00.10 devices, there is authenticated command injection via shell metacharacters in the setup.cgi c4_ping_ipaddr variable.
- Record
CVE-2009-5157- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-5111 No score
On Linksys WAG54G2 1.00.10 devices, there is authenticated command injection via shell metacharacters in the setup.cgi c4_ping_ipaddr variable.
- Record
EUVD-2009-5111- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9cgp-2w4g-2m78
8.8
On Linksys WAG54G2 1.00.10 devices, there is authenticated command injection via shell...
On Linksys WAG54G2 1.00.10 devices, there is authenticated command injection via shell metacharacters in the setup.cgi c4_ping_ipaddr variable.
- Record
GHSA-9cgp-2w4g-2m78- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2009-5157 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Linksys Wag54g2 Firmware, published June 11, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.83%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.