Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-54406

RCE in Planet Wgr-500 Firmware 1.3411b190912

Published
07 October 2025
Modified
03 November 2025
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.042 90th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2025-54406 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 Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059); ranked in the top 10% 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 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-2025-54406 involves multiple OS command injection vulnerabilities (CWE-78) in the formPingCmd functionality of the Planet WGR-500 router running firmware version v1.3411b190912. These flaws enable arbitrary command execution through a specially crafted series of HTTP requests targeting the `counts` request parameter. Published on 2025-10-07, the vulnerability carries 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), reflecting its high severity due to network accessibility, low attack complexity, and potential for significant impact.

An attacker requires only low privileges (PR:L) to exploit the vulnerability remotely over the network (AV:N) without user interaction (UI:N). By sending a tailored sequence of HTTP requests to the formPingCmd endpoint, the attacker can inject and execute arbitrary operating system commands via the `counts` parameter, potentially compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability at a high level (C:H/I:H/A:H).

Mitigation guidance and further technical details are available in the Cisco Talos Intelligence advisory at https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2229.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Multiple OS command injection vulnerabilities exist in the formPingCmd functionality of Planet WGR-500 v1.3411b190912. A specially crafted series of HTTP requests can lead to arbitrary command execution. An attacker can send a series of HTTP requests to trigger these vulnerabilities.This…

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command injection is related to the `counts` request parameter.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.
T1059.003 Windows Command Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse the Windows command shell for execution.
T1059.004 Unix Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse Unix shell commands and scripts for execution.
T1059.001 PowerShell Execution
Adversaries may abuse PowerShell commands and scripts for execution.
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2025-54405Same product: Planet Wgr-500
CVE-2025-54403Same product: Planet Wgr-500
CVE-2025-54404Same product: Planet Wgr-500
CVE-2025-48826Same product: Planet Wgr-500
CVE-2025-54402Same product: Planet Wgr-500
CVE-2025-54401Same product: Planet Wgr-500
CVE-2025-54400Same product: Planet Wgr-500
CVE-2025-54399Same product: Planet Wgr-500
CVE-2025-8628Shared CWE-78
CVE-2024-22836Shared CWE-78

Affected Assets

planet
wgr-500 firmware
1.3411b190912

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.2.5
  • V1.2.8
  • V15.2.5

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 mostly match
prevents

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.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

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.

finds

Security testing and code review target insecure use of operating-system command interfaces, catching command-injection flaws introduced during development.

References