VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-21123

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an unauthenticated attacker.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.49%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects WC7500 before 6.5.3.9, WC7520 before 6.5.3.9, WC7600v1 before 6.5.3.9, and WC7600v2 before 6.5.3.9.

CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 1.49% probability · 73th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-74
Affected: netgear/wc7500 firmware · netgear/wc7520 firmware · netgear/wc7600 firmware
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://kb.netgear.com/000060235/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Command-Injection-on-Some-Wireless-Controllers-PSV-2018-0230Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000060235/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Command-Injection-on-Some-Wireless-Controllers-PSV-2018-0230Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.