CVE-2013-20008

Linksys WAG200G through 1.01.06 Admin Password Change Without Current Password

State: Published
Severity: 7.0 High
Published: Oct 28, 2026
Updated: Oct 28, 2026
Reserved: Oct 27, 2026

Description

Linksys WAG200G through 1.01.06 contains a weak password change mechanism that allows attackers to change the administrator password without supplying the current password. Attackers with access to an authenticated administrator browser session can set a new password to lock out the legitimate administrator and take persistent device control.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	7.0 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck
3.1	6.8 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-620 Unverified Password Change

Affected Products

Product	Versions
WAG200GLinksys	1.01.06 and earlierAffected

References

s3cur1ty Advisory m1adv2013-016: Linksys WAG200G Multiple Vulnerabilitiesthird-party-advisory
ExploitDB-24476: Linksys WAG200G Multiple Vulnerabilitiesexploit
VulnCheck Advisory: Linksys WAG200G through 1.01.06 Admin Password Change Without Current Passwordthird-party-advisory

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