{"id":"CVE-2025-12942","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-12942","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:33:03.758Z","title":"Improper Input Validation vulnerability in NETGEAR R6260 and NETGEAR R6850 allows unauthenticated attackers connected to LAN with ability to perform MiTM attacks and control over DNS Server to perform command execution.This issue affects R6260: through…","description":"Improper Input Validation vulnerability in NETGEAR R6260 and NETGEAR R6850 allows unauthenticated attackers connected to LAN with ability to perform MiTM attacks and control over DNS Server to perform command execution.This issue affects R6260: through 1.1.0.86; R6850: through 1.1.0.86.","published":"2025-11-11T17:15:39.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-18T21:10:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":4.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["netgear/r6260 firmware","netgear/r6850 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00318,"percentile":0.24588,"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":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://kb.netgear.com/000070355/NETGEAR-Security-Advisories-November-2025","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5"},{"url":"https://www.netgear.com/support/product/r6260","tags":["Product"],"source":"a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5"},{"url":"https://www.netgear.com/support/product/r6850","tags":["Product"],"source":"a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12942","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."}