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CVE-2018-21112· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user.

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects D7800 before 1.0.1.44, R7500v2 before 1.0.3.38, R7800 before 1.0.2.52, R8900 before 1.0.4.12, and R9000 before 1.0.4.12.

MediumCVSS 6.8 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Apr 22, 2020
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.9% · 59th percentile
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Action score

27

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
27 / 40 · 6.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.9%

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
6.8
CNA · mitre
6.8
agree

CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/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

VendorProduct
netgeard7800 firmware
netgeard7800
netgearr7500 firmware
netgearr7500
netgearr7800 firmware
netgearr7800
netgearr8900 firmware
netgearr8900
netgearr9000 firmware
netgearr9000

Affected versions

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

  • netgear d7800 firmwarebefore 1.0.1.44
  • netgear r7500 firmwarebefore 1.0.3.38
  • netgear r7800 firmwarebefore 1.0.2.52
  • netgear r8900 firmwarebefore 1.0.4.12
  • netgear r9000 firmwarebefore 1.0.4.12

Same product

netgear: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2021-45618Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an unauthenticated attacker.
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  • CVE-2021-45608Certain D-Link, Edimax, NETGEAR, TP-Link, Tenda, and Western Digital devices are affected by an integer overflow by an unauthenticated attac
    40Plan
  • CVE-2021-45658Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by server-side injection.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2021-38529Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an unauthenticated attacker.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2018-21153Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a buffer overflow by an unauthenticated attacker.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2018-21161Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings.
    39Monitor

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

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

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.

EPSS, last 120 days

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

Patch and commit links

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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.
  • Administrator privileges are 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
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-74 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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