An issue was discovered on NETGEAR R8500, R8300, R7000, R6400, R7300, R7100LG, R6300v2, WNDR3400v3, WNR3500Lv2, R6250, R6700, R6900, and R80
An issue was discovered on NETGEAR R8500, R8300, R7000, R6400, R7300, R7100LG, R6300v2, WNDR3400v3, WNR3500Lv2, R6250, R6700, R6900, and R8000 devices. They are prone to password disclosure via simple crafted requests to the web management server. The bug is exploitable remotely if the remote management option is set, and can also be exploited given access to the router over LAN or WLAN. When trying to access the web panel, a user is asked to authenticate; if the authentication is canceled and password recovery is not enabled, the user is redirected to a page that exposes a password recovery token. If a user supplies the correct token to the page /passwordrecovered.cgi?id=TOKEN (and password recovery is not enabled), they will receive the admin password for the router. If password recovery is set the exploit will fail, as it will ask the user for the recovery questions that were previously set when enabling that feature. This is persistent (even after disabling the recovery option, the exploit will fail) because the router will ask for the security questions.
- Published
- Jan 17, 2017
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 89.2% · 100th percentile
- CWE
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- CVSS
- 32 / 40 · 8.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 30 / 30 · Listed
- EPSS
- 27 / 30 · 89.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- active
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
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Actively exploited in the wild
CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Sep 8, 2022. That signals real attacks, not theory.
Remediation deadline for government agencies: Sep 29, 2022.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| netgear | r6200 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6200_firmware |
| netgear | r6200 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r6200 |
| netgear | r6300 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6300_firmware |
| netgear | r6300 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r6300 |
| netgear | vegn2610 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:vegn2610_firmware |
| netgear | vegn2610 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:vegn2610 |
| netgear | ac1450 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:ac1450_firmware |
| netgear | ac1450 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:ac1450 |
| netgear | wnr1000v3 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wnr1000v3_firmware |
| netgear | wnr1000v3 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:wnr1000v3 |
| netgear | wndr3700v3 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wndr3700v3_firmware |
| netgear | wndr3700v3 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:wndr3700v3 |
and 14 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- netgear ac1450 firmware1.0.0.34_10.0.16
- netgear d6220 firmware1.0.0.12
- netgear d6300 firmware1.0.0.96
- netgear d6300b firmware1.0.0.40
- netgear d6400 firmware1.0.0.44
- netgear dgn2200bv4 firmware1.0.0.68
- netgear r6200 firmware1.0.1.56_1.0.43
- netgear r6300 firmware1.0.2.78_1.0.58
- netgear vegn2610 firmware1.0.0.36
- netgear wndr3700v3 firmware1.0.0.40_1.0.32
- netgear wndr4000 firmware1.0.2.4_9.1.86
- netgear wndr4500 firmware1.0.1.44_1.0.73
- netgear wnr1000v3 firmware1.0.2.68_60.0.93
Same product
netgear: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2022-30078NETGEAR R6200_V2 firmware versions through R6200v2-V1.0.3.12_10.1.11 and R6300_V2 firmware versions through R6300v2-V1.0.4.52_10.0.93 allow 36Monitor
- CVE-2017-18799Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings.30Monitor
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
Weaponized
A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.
Evidence
- Metasploit module ×1
- Exploit-DB entry ×1
- Nuclei detection template ×1
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB entry | webapps | 2017-01-30 |
| Metasploit module | auxiliary/gather/netgear_password_disclosureNETGEAR Administrator Password Disclosureauxiliary | — |
| Nuclei detection template | Nuclei template CVE-2017-5521 | — |
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.
- Published
- First PoC+13 d
- CISA KEV+2060 d
- TodaySep 30, 2026+3543 d
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
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
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References
- kb.netgear.com/30632/Web-GUI-Password-Recovery-and-Exposure-Security-Vulnerability
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95457
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-5521
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.