CVE-2020-15357

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-12-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

Network Analysis functionality in Askey AP5100W_Dual_SIG_1.01.097 and all prior versions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a shell metacharacter in the ping, traceroute, or route options.

Affected products

ASKEY Ap5100W Firmware: through 1.01.097

References

https://medium.com/csg-govtech/bolstering-security-how-i-breached-a-wifi-mesh-access-point-from-close-proximity-to-uncover-f8f77dc3cd5d
https://starlabs.sg/advisories/
https://www.askey.com.tw/incident_report_notifications.html
https://medium.com/csg-govtech/bolstering-security-how-i-breached-a-wifi-mesh-access-point-from-close-proximity-to-uncover-f8f77dc3cd5d
https://starlabs.sg/advisories/
https://www.askey.com.tw/incident_report_notifications.html

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