CVE-2020-35713
Belkin LINKSYS RE6500 devices before 1.0.012.001 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary...
Belkin LINKSYS RE6500 devices before 1.0.012.001 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or set a new password via shell metacharacters to the goform/setSysAdm page.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Belkin LINKSYS RE6500 devices before 1.0.012.001 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or set a new password via shell metacharacters to the goform/setSysAdm page.
- Record
CVE-2020-35713- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Belkin LINKSYS RE6500 devices before 1.0.012.001 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or set a new password via shell metacharacters to the goform/setSysAdm page.
- Record
CVE-2020-35713- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-23370 No score
Belkin LINKSYS RE6500 devices before 1.0.012.001 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or set a new password via shell metacharacters to the goform/setSysAdm page.
- Record
EUVD-2020-23370- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8r9p-9pp7-xxpc No score
Belkin LINKSYS RE6500 devices before 1.0.012.001 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary...
Belkin LINKSYS RE6500 devices before 1.0.012.001 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or set a new password via shell metacharacters to the goform/setSysAdm page.
- Record
GHSA-8r9p-9pp7-xxpc- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | Al1ex/CVE-2020-35713 | 2021-01-21 |
| Nuclei | Belkin Linksys RE6500 <1.0.012.001 - Remote Command Execution |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| exploits, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-35713 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Linksys Re6500 Firmware, published December 26, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 32.9%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
resolverblog.blogspot.com/2020/07/linksys-re6500-unauthenticated-rce-full.html
downloads.linksys.com/support/assets/releasenotes/ExternalReleaseNotes_RE6500_1.0.012.001.txt
bugcrowd.com/disclosures/72d7246b-f77f-4f7f-9bd1-fdc35663cc92/linksys-re6500-unauthenticated-rce-working-across-multiple-fw-versions
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35713
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8r9p-9pp7-xxpc