{"id":"CVE-2025-12946","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-12946","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T08:10:09.786Z","title":"A vulnerability in the speedtest feature of affected NETGEAR Nighthawk routers, caused by improper input validation, can allow attackers on the router's WAN side, using attacker-in-the-middle techniques (MiTM) to manipulate DNS responses and execute…","description":"A vulnerability in the speedtest feature of affected NETGEAR Nighthawk routers, caused by improper input validation, can allow attackers on the router's WAN side, using attacker-in-the-middle techniques (MiTM) to manipulate DNS responses and execute commands when speedtests are run. \n\n\n\nThis issue affects RS700: through 1.0.7.82; RAX54Sv2 : before V1.1.6.36; RAX41v2: before V1.1.6.36; RAX50: before V1.2.14.114; RAXE500: before V1.2.14.114; RAX41: before V1.0.17.142; RAX43: before V1.0.17.142; RAX35v2: before V1.0.17.142; RAXE450: before V1.2.14.114; RAX43v2: before V1.1.6.36; RAX42: before V1.0.17.142; RAX45: before V1.0.17.142; RAX50v2: before V1.1.6.36; MR90: before V1.0.2.46; MS90: before V1.0.2.46; RAX42v2: before V1.1.6.36; RAX49S: before V1.1.6.36.","published":"2025-12-09T17:15:49.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-07T11:10:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":4.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/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/rs700 firmware","netgear/rax54sv2 firmware","netgear/rax45v2 firmware","netgear/rax41v2 firmware","netgear/rax50 firmware","netgear/raxe500 firmware","netgear/rax41 firmware","netgear/rax43 firmware","netgear/rax35v2 firmware","netgear/raxe450 firmware","netgear/rax43v2 firmware","netgear/rax42 firmware","netgear/rax45 firmware","netgear/rax50v2 firmware","netgear/mr90 firmware","netgear/ms90 firmware","netgear/rax42v2 firmware","netgear/rax49s firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00293,"percentile":0.21753,"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 (0.29%). 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