What is CVE-2013-4658?

CVE-2013-4658 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Linksys Ea6500, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-10-25.

How severe is CVE-2013-4658?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Linksys Ea6500

CVE-2013-4658

Linksys EA6500 has SMB Symlink Traversal allowing symbolic links to be created to locations outside of the Samba share.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2019-10-25 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.093 (95.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.093 · newest: 0.093 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

www.ise.io/casestudies/exploiting-soho-routers/ (Third Party Advisory)
www.ise.io/soho_service_hacks/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.ise.io/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/soho_defcon21.pdf (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-4658?: CVE-2013-4658 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Linksys Ea6500, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-10-25.
How severe is CVE-2013-4658?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.