{"id":"CVE-2016-10176","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-10176","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T05:05:30.658Z","title":"The NETGEAR WNR2000v5 router allows an administrator to perform sensitive actions by invoking the apply.cgi URL on the web server of the device.","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.","published":"2017-01-30T04:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:39:13.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["netgear/wnr2000v5 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.77426,"percentile":0.99559,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.72197,"percentile":0.99424},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.77577,"percentile":0.99539}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2016-12-21","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":40949,"kind":"exploit","title":"Netgear WNR2000v5 - Remote Code Execution","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40949","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/cgi/remote/40949.rb","file":"exploits/cgi/remote/40949.rb","published":"2016-12-21","added":"2016-12-21","updated":"2018-01-25","author":"Pedro Ribeiro","type":"remote","platform":"cgi","port":80,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2016-10176","CVE-2016-10175","CVE-2016-10174"],"tags":"Remote","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/f2eff0fdb735bec0f0302cf2e10d6325284417bc/exploits/netgearPwn.rb"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.77577,"from":0.72197,"percentile":0.99539},"summary":"EPSS moved from 72.2% to 77.6% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://kb.netgear.com/000036549/Insecure-Remote-Access-and-Command-Execution-Security-Vulnerability","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/72","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95867","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/netgear-wnr2000.txt","tags":["Exploit","Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40949/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://kb.netgear.com/000036549/Insecure-Remote-Access-and-Command-Execution-Security-Vulnerability","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/72","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95867","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/netgear-wnr2000.txt","tags":["Exploit","Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40949/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10176","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."}