SecuriTricks - CVE-2025-3459

Description

The Quantenna Wi-Fi chipset ships with a local control script, transmit_file, that is vulnerable to command injection. This is an instance of CWE-88, "Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')," and is estimated as a CVSS 7.7 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N). This issue affects Quantenna Wi-Fi chipset through version 8.0.0.28 of the latest SDK, and appears to be unpatched at the time of this CVE record's first publishing, though the vendor has released a best practices guide for implementors of this chipset.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor	Product	Versions
Quantenna	Quantenna Wifi Chipset	<8.0.0.28

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-88

Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

The product constructs a string for a command to be executed by a separate component in another control sphere, but it does not properly delimit the intended arguments, options, or switches within that command string.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	Software Edition	Target Software	Target Hardware	Other Information
a	quantenna	quantenna_wifi_chipset	<8.0.0.28	/	/	/	/	/	/	/

References

https://community.onsemi.com/s/article/QCS-Quantenna-Wi-Fi-product-support-and-security-best-practices

https://takeonme.org/cves/cve-2025-3459

CVSS Score

7.7 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Attack Complexity: LOW
Privileges Required: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
Integrity Impact: HIGH
Availability Impact: NONE

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

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Timeline

Published: June 8, 2025, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified: June 9, 2025, 7:15 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

cve@takeonme.org

CVE-2025-3459