{"id":"CVE-2017-18720","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-18720","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:31:02.876Z","title":"Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by authentication bypass.","description":"Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by authentication bypass. This affects D6200 before 1.1.00.24, R6700v2 before 1.1.0.42, R6800 before 1.1.0.42, and R6900v2 before 1.1.0.42.","published":"2020-04-24T14:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:13:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-287"],"affected":["netgear/d6200 firmware","netgear/r6700 firmware","netgear/r6800 firmware","netgear/r6900 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00603,"percentile":0.48638,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.60%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://kb.netgear.com/000052277/Security-Advisory-for-Authentication-Bypass-on-Routers-PSV-2017-2148","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://kb.netgear.com/000052277/Security-Advisory-for-Authentication-Bypass-on-Routers-PSV-2017-2148","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18720","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."}