Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:LCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2013-3307 is a high-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 8.3 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique NTDS (T1003.003); ranked in the top 0.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2013-3307 is an OS command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) affecting Linksys E1000 devices through firmware version 2.1.02, E1200 devices before version 2.0.05, and E3200 devices through version 1.0.04. The issue resides in the apply.cgi script, which processes the ping_ip parameter over TCP port 52000 without properly sanitizing shell metacharacters, enabling arbitrary command execution. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L).
Any remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability without privileges or user interaction by crafting an HTTP request to the affected port with malicious shell metacharacters in the ping_ip parameter. Successful exploitation allows injection and execution of arbitrary OS commands on the device, resulting in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a changed scope that may affect dependent components.
The Trustwave SpiderLabs advisory TWSL2013-008, archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20140421001918/https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2013-008.txt, documents the vulnerability. Mitigation requires upgrading to firmware versions beyond those listed as affected: E1000 after 2.1.02, E1200 at 2.0.05 or later, and E3200 after 1.0.04.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2013-3243
Vulnerability Data
Linksys E1000 devices through 2.1.02, E1200 devices before 2.0.05, and E3200 devices through 1.0.04 allow OS command injection via shell metacharacters in the apply.cgi ping_ip parameter on TCP port 52000.
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation can discover missing or incorrect command sanitization during development.
Input validation directly neutralizes or rejects special characters that would otherwise alter OS command structure.
Least privilege reduces the permissions available to any process that could be subverted by injected commands.
Least functionality restricts available OS commands and interpreters, limiting the blast radius of injection.
Secure engineering principles require proper neutralization of untrusted input before command construction.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
PR.PS-06's SDLC practices directly require secure coding and input handling that blocks command-injection defects, yet the single broad outcome leaves many specific neutralization vectors and verification gaps unaddressed.
Routine patching/maintenance can remediate known command-injection CVEs in dependencies (partial forward) but does nothing to stop developers from introducing improper neutralization in custom code (none reverse).
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.