{"id":"CVE-2009-2256","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2009-2256","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:33:17.092Z","title":"The administrative web interface on the Netgear DG632 with firmware 3.4.0_ap allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (web outage) via an HTTP POST request to cgi-bin/firmwarecfg.","description":"The administrative web interface on the Netgear DG632 with firmware 3.4.0_ap allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (web outage) via an HTTP POST request to cgi-bin/firmwarecfg.","published":"2009-06-30T10:30:22.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:09:05.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["netgear/dg632"],"epss":{"score":0.07437,"percentile":0.94409,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2009-06-15","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":8964,"kind":"exploit","title":"Netgear DG632 Router - Remote Denial of Service","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8964","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/hardware/dos/8964.txt","file":"exploits/hardware/dos/8964.txt","published":"2009-06-15","added":"2009-06-14","updated":null,"author":"Tom Neaves","type":"dos","platform":"hardware","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-55500","CVE-2009-2256"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 7.4%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1022403","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8964","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504341/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504345/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.tomneaves.co.uk/Netgear_DG632_Remote_DoS.txt","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1022403","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8964","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504341/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504345/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.tomneaves.co.uk/Netgear_DG632_Remote_DoS.txt","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2256","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}