How to fix CVE-2025-22996?

During next maintenance window: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches when convenient. Verify Content-Security-Policy and output encoding.

Is E5600 Firmware affected by CVE-2025-22996?

CVE-2025-22996 presents moderate security risk, a cross-site scripting vulnerability rated CVSS 4.8. Attackers could inject scripts to steal sessions or perform actions as authenticated users. Proof-of-concept code is publicly available.

CVE-2025-22996

MEDIUM

2025-01-15 [email protected]

4.8

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 18:03 vuln.today

PoC Detected

Jun 11, 2025 - 15:38 vuln.today

Public exploit code

CVE Published

Jan 15, 2025 - 00:15 nvd

MEDIUM 4.8

Description

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the spf_table_content component of Linksys E5600 Router Ver. 1.1.0.26 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the desc parameter.

Analysis

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the spf_table_content component of Linksys E5600 Router Ver. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Technical Context

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the spf_table_content component of Linksys E5600 Router Ver. 1.1.0.26 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the desc parameter. Affected products include: Linksys E5600 Firmware.

Affected Products

Linksys E5600 Firmware.

Remediation

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.

Priority Score

Low Medium High Critical

KEV: 0

EPSS: +0.2

CVSS: +24

POC: +20

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