Certain NETGEAR devices allow remote attackers to disable all authentication requirements by visiting genieDisableLanChanged.cgi.
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 32/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.6% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 76.1% of all records.
- 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.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Certain NETGEAR devices allow remote attackers to disable all authentication requirements by visiting genieDisableLanChanged.cgi. The attacker can then, for example, visit MNU_accessPassword_recovered.html to obtain a valid new admin password. This affects AC1450, D8500, DC112A, JNDR3000, LG2200D, R4500, R6200, R6200V2, R6250, R6300, R6300v2, R6400, R6700, R6900P, R6900, R7000P, R7000, R7100LG, R7300, R7900, R8000, R8300, R8500, WGR614v10, WN2500RPv2, WNDR3400v2, WNDR3700v3, WNDR4000, WNDR4500, WNDR4500v2, WNR1000, WNR1000v3, WNR3500L, and WNR3500L.
- Published
- Oct 9, 2019
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.7% · 76th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-287
Report tools
Action score
32
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 32 / 40 · 8.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.7%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| netgear | ac1450 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:ac1450_firmware |
| netgear | ac1450 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:ac1450 |
| netgear | d8500 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d8500_firmware |
| netgear | d8500 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:d8500 |
| netgear | dc112a firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:dc112a_firmware |
| netgear | dc112a | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:dc112a |
| netgear | jndr3000 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:jndr3000_firmware |
| netgear | jndr3000 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:jndr3000 |
| netgear | lg2200d firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:lg2200d_firmware |
| netgear | lg2200d | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:lg2200d |
| netgear | r4500 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r4500_firmware |
| netgear | r4500 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r4500 |
and 54 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- netgear ac1450 firmwareall versions
- netgear d8500 firmwareall versions
- netgear dc112a firmwareall versions
- netgear jndr3000 firmwareall versions
- netgear lg2200d firmwareall versions
- netgear r4500 firmwareall versions
- netgear r6200 firmwareall versions
- netgear r6200v2 firmwareall versions
- netgear r6250 firmwareall versions
- netgear r6300 firmwareall versions
- netgear r6300v2 firmwareall versions
- netgear r6400 firmwareall versions
- netgear r6700 firmwareall versions
- netgear r6900 firmwareall versions
- netgear r6900p firmwareall versions
- netgear r7000 firmwareall versions
- netgear r7000p firmwareall versions
- netgear r7100lg firmwareall versions
- netgear r7300 firmwareall versions
- netgear r7900 firmwareall versions
Same product
netgear: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2016-11059Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by password exposure.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
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.
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)
CWE-287 · Improper AuthenticationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Root cause
Authentication is added route by route instead of being enforced in one place. When a route added later bypasses the shared middleware, the session check never runs for it.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-287 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);
// Route added later skips the middlewareapp.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);Fixed
const admin = express.Router();admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));
admin.post("/config", updateConfig);app.use("/admin", admin);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Authentication AbuseCAPEC-114Medium
- Authentication BypassCAPEC-115Medium
- Identity SpoofingCAPEC-151likelihood: Medium · Medium
- Fake the Source of DataCAPEC-194Medium
- Exploiting Trust in ClientCAPEC-22likelihood: High · High
- Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Obtain Sensitive DataCAPEC-57likelihood: Medium · Very High
- Session HijackingCAPEC-593likelihood: High · Very High
- Token ImpersonationCAPEC-633Medium
ATT&CK techniques
Change log
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