{"id":"CVE-2018-21118","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-21118","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:23:44.383Z","title":"NETGEAR XR500 devices before 2.3.2.32 are affected by authentication bypass.","description":"NETGEAR XR500 devices before 2.3.2.32 are affected by authentication bypass.","published":"2020-04-22T16:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:54:10.000Z","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/xr500 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.007,"percentile":0.52981,"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 (0.70%). 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/000060240/Security-Advisory-for-Authentication-Bypass-on-XR500-PSV-2018-0324","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://kb.netgear.com/000060240/Security-Advisory-for-Authentication-Bypass-on-XR500-PSV-2018-0324","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21118","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."}