VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-21126
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 WAC505 before 5.0.0.17 and WAC510 before 5.0.0.17.
- 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 · 74th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- netgear/wac505 firmware · netgear/wac510 firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://kb.netgear.com/000060232/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Command-Injection-on-Some-Wireless-Access-Points-PSV-2018-0262Vendor Advisory
- https://kb.netgear.com/000060232/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Command-Injection-on-Some-Wireless-Access-Points-PSV-2018-0262Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.