CVE-2025-50616
Published: 13 August 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-50616 is a high-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Netis-Systems Wf2880 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Application or System Exploitation (T1499.004); ranked in the top 38.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-24611
Vulnerability details
A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Netis WF2880 v2.1.40207 in the FUN_0046f984 function of the cgitest.cgi file. Attackers can trigger this vulnerability by controlling the value of wl_advanced_set in the payload, which can cause the program to crash…
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and lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Buffer overflow in cgitest.cgi enables remote attackers to crash the router's web application via crafted wl_advanced_set payload, facilitating endpoint denial of service through application exploitation.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.