CVE-2025-54403
Published: 07 October 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-54403 is a high-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Planet Wgr-500 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 34.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-54403 describes multiple OS command injection vulnerabilities (CWE-78) in the swctrl functionality of Planet WGR-500 firmware version v1.3411b190912. These flaws allow arbitrary command execution through a specially crafted network request targeting the `new_password` request parameter. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating high severity due to its potential for complete system compromise.
An attacker with low privileges, such as an authenticated user (PR:L), can exploit this over the network (AV:N) with low complexity (AC:L) and no user interaction (UI:N). By sending a malicious network request, the attacker achieves arbitrary OS command execution on the device, resulting in high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H) within the unchanged scope (S:U).
The primary advisory is documented in the Talos Intelligence report TALOS-2025-2227, available at https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2227, which provides detailed analysis for mitigation strategies. Security practitioners should review this reference for vendor-specific patch information or workarounds.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-32063
Vulnerability details
Multiple OS command injection vulnerabilities exist in the swctrl functionality of Planet WGR-500 v1.3411b190912. A specially crafted network request can lead to arbitrary command execution. An attacker can send a network request to trigger these vulnerabilities.This command injection is related…
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to the `new_password` request parameter.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
OS command injection via network request in device management interface directly enables public-facing app exploitation (T1190), privilege escalation from low privileges (T1068), and network device command execution (T1059.008).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly prevents OS command injection by requiring validation of untrusted inputs like the 'new_password' parameter in network requests to the swctrl functionality.
Requires timely identification, reporting, and patching of the specific command injection flaws in Planet WGR-500 firmware version v1.3411b190912.
Restricts harmful information inputs, such as command injection payloads, into security-critical parameters like 'new_password' from network sources.