CVE-2015-8289
The password-recovery feature on NETGEAR D3600 devices with firmware 1.0.0.49 and D6000 devices with firmware 1.0.0.49 and earlier allows remote attackers to discover the cleartext administrator password by reading the cgi-bin/passrec.asp HTML source…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The password-recovery feature on NETGEAR D3600 devices with firmware 1.0.0.49 and D6000 devices with firmware 1.0.0.49 and earlier allows remote attackers to discover the cleartext administrator password by reading the cgi-bin/passrec.asp HTML source code.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.24% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-255
- Affected
- netgear/d3600 firmware · netgear/d6000 firmware
- Source
- cret@cert.org
References
- http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/30490Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/778696Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/30490Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/778696Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.