# CVE-2020-35713: Belkin LINKSYS RE6500 devices before 1.0.012.001 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or set a new password via shell metach

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2020-12-26 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://resolverblog.blogspot.com/2020/07/linksys-re6500-unauthenticated-rce-full.html
- https://downloads.linksys.com/support/assets/releasenotes/ExternalReleaseNotes_RE6500_1.0.012.001.txt
- https://bugcrowd.com/disclosures/72d7246b-f77f-4f7f-9bd1-fdc35663cc92/linksys-re6500-unauthenticated-rce-working-across-multiple-fw-versions
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-35713.yaml
- https://github.com/Al1ex/CVE-2020-35713

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