Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings.
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings. This affects R6250 before 1.0.4.8, R6300v2 before 1.0.4.8, R6700 before 1.0.1.20, R7000 before 1.0.7.10, R7000P before 1.0.0.58, R6900P before 1.0.0.58, R7100LG before 1.0.0.32, R7900 before 1.0.1.14, R8000 before 1.0.3.22, and R8500 before 1.0.2.94.
- Published
- Apr 23, 2020
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.5% · 40th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
26
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.5%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 6.5
- CNA · mitre
- 7.4
- 0.9 point gap
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:A/A:N/C:H/I:N/PR:N/S:C/UI:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| netgear | r6250 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6250_firmware |
| netgear | r6250 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r6250 |
| netgear | r6300 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6300_firmware |
| netgear | r6300 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r6300 |
| netgear | r6700 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6700_firmware |
| netgear | r6700 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r6700 |
| netgear | r7000 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7000_firmware |
| netgear | r7000 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r7000 |
| netgear | r7000p firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7000p_firmware |
| netgear | r7000p | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r7000p |
| netgear | r6900p firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6900p_firmware |
| netgear | r6900p | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r6900p |
and 8 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- netgear r6250 firmwarebefore 1.0.4.8
- netgear r6300 firmwarebefore 1.0.4.8
- netgear r6700 firmwarebefore 1.0.1.20
- netgear r6900p firmwarebefore 1.0.0.58
- netgear r7000 firmwarebefore 1.0.7.10
- netgear r7000p firmwarebefore 1.0.0.58
- netgear r7100lg firmwarebefore 1.0.0.32
- netgear r7900 firmwarebefore 1.0.1.14
- netgear r8000 firmwarebefore 1.0.3.22
- netgear r8500 firmwarebefore 1.0.2.94
Same product
netgear: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2023-33532There is a command injection vulnerability in the Netgear R6250 router with Firmware Version 1.0.4.48.44Plan
- CVE-2023-34563netgear R6250 Firmware Version 1.0.4.48 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow after authentication.43Plan
- CVE-2017-18744Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker.35Monitor
- CVE-2021-38519Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user.28Monitor
- CVE-2017-18846Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow.26Monitor
- CVE-2017-18789Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by disclosure of sensitive information.22Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone on the same network segment can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Adjacent
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Noroxi analysis
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.