Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by disclosure of sensitive information.

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• netgear rbk352 firmwarebefore 4.4.0.10
• netgear rbr350 firmwarebefore 4.4.0.10
• netgear rbs350 firmwarebefore 4.4.0.10

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2021-45520Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a hardcoded password.
  35Monitor
• CVE-2021-45653Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by disclosure of sensitive information.
  30Monitor
• CVE-2021-45521Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a hardcoded password.
  26Monitor
• CVE-2021-45494Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by an attacker's ability to read arbitrary files.
  18Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.