CVE-2010-1573

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 20.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-06-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-798

Description

Linksys WAP54Gv3 firmware 3.04.03 and earlier uses a hard-coded username (Gemtek) and password (gemtekswd) for a debug interface for certain web pages, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the (1) data1, (2) data2, or (3) data3 parameters to (a) Debug_command_page.asp and (b) debug.cgi.

Affected products

Linksys Wap54G Firmware: through 3.04.03

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/40103
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=20682
http://www.icysilence.org/?p=268
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511733/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40648
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1419
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59286
http://secunia.com/advisories/40103
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=20682
http://www.icysilence.org/?p=268
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511733/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40648

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