CVE-2025-52688

CVE-2025-52688 is a critical-severity vulnerability with a CVSS 3.x base score of 9.8. Its EPSS exploit-prediction score of 23% places it in the 97th percentile, indicating an elevated likelihood of exploitation. The underlying weakness is classified as CWE-77.

Key facts

Description

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject commands with root privileges on the access point, potentially leading to the loss of confidentiality, integrity, availability, and full control of the access point.

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-52688?
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject commands with root privileges on the access point, potentially leading to the loss of confidentiality, integrity, availability, and full control of the access point.
How severe is CVE-2025-52688?
CVE-2025-52688 has a CVSS 3.x base score of 9.8, rated critical severity. It is exploitable over network with low attack complexity, requires no privileges and no user interaction. Impact on confidentiality is high, integrity high, and availability high.
Is CVE-2025-52688 being actively exploited?
It is not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Its EPSS exploit-prediction score is 23% (97th percentile), an estimate of the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2025-52688?
Review the linked vendor and NVD advisories for patched versions and mitigations, then upgrade or apply the recommended workaround. Given its critical severity, prioritise patching exposed systems.
Does CVE-2025-52688 have an EU (EUVD) identifier?
Yes. CVE-2025-52688 is tracked in the ENISA EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD) as EUVD-2025-21578.
When was CVE-2025-52688 published?
CVE-2025-52688 was published on 2025-07-16 and last updated on 2026-06-17.

References

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