CVE-2022-38132
Command injection vulnerability in Linksys MR8300 router while Registration to DDNS Service. By specifying username and password, an attacker connected to the router's web interface can execute arbitrary OS commands.
Command injection vulnerability in Linksys MR8300 router while Registration to DDNS Service. By specifying username and password, an attacker connected to the router's web interface can execute arbitrary OS commands. The username and password fields are not sanitized correctly and are used as URL construction arguments, allowing URL redirection to an arbitrary server, downloading an arbitrary script file, and eventually executing the file in the device. This issue affects: Linksys MR8300 Router 1.0.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Command injection vulnerability in Linksys MR8300 router while Registration to DDNS Service. By specifying username and password, an attacker connected to the router's web interface can execute arbitrary OS commands.
Command injection vulnerability in Linksys MR8300 router while Registration to DDNS Service. By specifying username and password, an attacker connected to the router's web interface can execute arbitrary OS commands. The username and password fields are not sanitized correctly and are used as URL construction arguments, allowing URL redirection to an arbitrary server, downloading an arbitrary script file, and eventually executing the file in the device. This issue affects: Linksys MR8300 Router 1.0.
- Record
CVE-2022-38132- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-40734
Command injection vulnerability in Linksys MR8300 router while Registration to DDNS Service. By specifying username and password, an attacker connected to the router's web interface can execute arbitrary OS commands. The username and password fields are not sanitized correctly and are used as URL construction arguments, allowing URL redirection to an arbitrary server, downloading an arbitrary script file, and eventually executing the file in the device. This issue affects: Linksys MR8300 Router 1.0.
- Record
EUVD-2022-40734- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vrhh-rgjg-mf4v
Command injection vulnerability in Linksys MR8300 router while Registration to DDNS Service. By...
Command injection vulnerability in Linksys MR8300 router while Registration to DDNS Service. By specifying username and password, an attacker connected to the router's web interface can execute arbitrary OS commands. The username and password fields are not sanitized correctly and are used as URL construction arguments, allowing URL redirection to an arbitrary server, downloading an arbitrary script file, and eventually executing the file in the device. This issue affects: Linksys MR8300 Router 1.0.
- Record
GHSA-vrhh-rgjg-mf4v- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Command injection vulnerability in Linksys MR8300 router while Registration to DDNS Service. By specifying username and password, an attacker connected to the router's web interface can execute arbitrary OS commands. The username and password fields are not sanitized correctly and are used as URL construction arguments, allowing URL redirection to an arbitrary server, downloading an arbitrary script file, and eventually executing the file in the device. This issue affects: Linksys MR8300 Router 1.0.
- Record
CVE-2022-38132- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-38132 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.2) in Linksys Mr8300 Router, published August 23, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.56%, the 46th percentile. No source names a fixed version.