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CVE-2006-5202

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-10-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Linksys WRT54g firmware 1.00.9 does not require credentials when making configuration changes, which allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary configurations via a direct request to Security.tri, as demonstrated using the SecurityMode and layout parameters, a different issue than CVE-2006-2559.

Affected products

• Linksys Wrt54G: 1.00.9

References

• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-August/048495.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21372
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016638
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/930364
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19347
• https://kinqpinz.info/lib/wrt54g/
• https://kinqpinz.info/lib/wrt54g/own2.txt
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5926
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-August/048495.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21372
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016638
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/930364

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