Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings.
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings. This affects R6100 before 1.0.1.16, R7500 before 1.0.0.112, R7500v2 before 1.0.3.20, R7800 before 1.0.2.36, and WNR2000v5 before 1.0.0.58.
- Published
- Apr 24, 2020
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.5% · 42th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
35
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.5%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 8.8
- CNA · mitre
- 6.3
- 2.5 point gap
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:A/A:L/C:L/I:L/PR:N/S:U/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 | r6100 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6100_firmware |
| netgear | r6100 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r6100 |
| netgear | r7500 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7500_firmware |
| netgear | r7500 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r7500 |
| netgear | r7800 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7800_firmware |
| netgear | r7800 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r7800 |
| netgear | wnr2500 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wnr2500_firmware |
| netgear | wnr2500 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:wnr2500 |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- netgear r6100 firmwarebefore 1.0.1.16
- netgear r7500 firmwarebefore 1.0.0.112
- netgear r7500 firmwarebefore 1.0.3.20
- netgear r7800 firmwarebefore 1.0.2.36
- netgear wnr2500 firmwarebefore 1.0.0.58
Same product
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- CVE-2018-21217Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker.35Monitor
- CVE-2018-21216Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker.35Monitor
- CVE-2018-21203Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker.35Monitor
- CVE-2017-18775Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by CSRF.35Monitor
- CVE-2017-18698Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user.27Monitor
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
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
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
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Adjacent
- Attack complexity
- Low
- 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:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.