CVE-2016-10176
The NETGEAR WNR2000v5 router allows an administrator to perform sensitive actions by invoking the apply.cgi URL on the web server of the device.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 77.4%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The NETGEAR WNR2000v5 router allows an administrator to perform sensitive actions by invoking the apply.cgi URL on the web server of the device. This special URL is handled by the embedded web server (uhttpd) and processed accordingly. The web server also contains another URL, apply_noauth.cgi, that allows an unauthenticated user to perform sensitive actions on the device. This functionality can be exploited to change the router settings (such as the answers to the password-recovery questions) and achieve remote code execution.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 77.43% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 21 December 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- netgear/wnr2000v5 firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 72.2% on 21 September 2026 to 77.4% on 4 November 2026, peaking at 77.6% on 22 September 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://kb.netgear.com/000036549/Insecure-Remote-Access-and-Command-Execution-Security-VulnerabilityPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/72Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95867Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/netgear-wnr2000.txtExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40949/
- http://kb.netgear.com/000036549/Insecure-Remote-Access-and-Command-Execution-Security-VulnerabilityPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/72Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95867Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/netgear-wnr2000.txtExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40949/
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