CVE-2013-10058 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2013-10058

Linksys Routers apply.cgi Remote Command Injection

Vulnerability Description

An authenticated OS command injection vulnerability exists in various Linksys router models (tested on WRT160Nv2) running firmware version v2.0.03 via the apply.cgi endpoint. The web interface fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input passed to the ping_size parameter during diagnostic operations. An attacker with valid credentials can inject arbitrary shell commands, enabling remote code execution.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Michael Messner

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

WRT160nv2
Vulnerable Versions:
2.0.03

Timeline

Official Publish: August 1st, 2025
Last Modified: April 7th, 2026
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Exfiltration