Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by reflected XSS.
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 19/100)
- 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: 0.62% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
- Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).
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 are affected by reflected XSS. This affects D3600 before 1.0.0.75, D6000 before 1.0.0.75, D7800 before 1.0.1.44, DM200 before 1.0.0.58, R7800 before 1.0.2.58, R8900 before 1.0.4.12, R9000 before 1.0.4.8, RBK20 before 2.3.0.28, RBR20 before 2.3.0.28, RBS20 before 2.3.0.28, RBK40 before 2.3.0.28, RBS40 before 2.3.0.28, RBK50 before 2.3.0.32, RBR50 before 2.3.0.32, RBS50 before 2.3.0.32, WN3000RPv2 before 1.0.0.68, WN3000RPv3 before 1.0.2.70, WN3100RPv2 before 1.0.0.60, WNDR4300v2 before 1.0.0.58, WNDR4500v3 before 1.0.0.58, and WNR2000v5 before 1.0.0.68.
- Published
- Apr 16, 2020
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.6% · 48th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-79
Report tools
Action score
19
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 19 / 40 · 4.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.6%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 4.8
- CNA · mitre
- 4.3
- 0.5 point gap
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:A/A:N/C:L/I:L/PR:H/S:C/UI:R
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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What does it mean in your environment?
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Is your version affected?
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| netgear | d3600 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d3600_firmware |
| netgear | d3600 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:d3600 |
| netgear | d6000 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d6000_firmware |
| netgear | d6000 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:d6000 |
| netgear | d7800 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d7800_firmware |
| netgear | d7800 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:d7800 |
| netgear | dm200 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:dm200_firmware |
| netgear | dm200 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:dm200 |
| netgear | r7800 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7800_firmware |
| netgear | r7800 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r7800 |
| netgear | r8900 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r8900_firmware |
| netgear | r8900 | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r8900 |
and 28 more
Limit the impact of XSS
This is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. A well-configured Content-Security-Policy doesn't fix it, but greatly reduces its impact. Check your site's CSP and other security headers for free.
Check security headersAffected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- netgear d3600 firmwarebefore 1.0.0.75
- netgear d6000 firmwarebefore 1.0.0.75
- netgear d7800 firmwarebefore 1.0.1.44
- netgear dm200 firmwarebefore 1.0.0.58
- netgear r7800 firmwarebefore 1.0.2.58
- netgear r8900 firmwarebefore 1.0.4.12
- netgear r9000 firmwarebefore 1.0.4.8
- netgear rbk20 firmwarebefore 2.3.0.28
- netgear rbk40 firmwarebefore 2.3.0.28
- netgear rbk50 firmwarebefore 2.3.0.32
- netgear rbr20 firmwarebefore 2.3.0.28
- netgear rbr50 firmwarebefore 2.3.0.32
- netgear rbs20 firmwarebefore 2.3.0.28
- netgear rbs40 firmwarebefore 2.3.0.28
- netgear rbs50 firmwarebefore 2.3.0.32
- netgear wn3000rp firmwarebefore 1.0.0.68
- netgear wn3000rp firmwarebefore 1.0.2.70
- netgear wn3100rp firmwarebefore 1.0.0.60
- netgear wndr4300 firmwarebefore 1.0.0.58
- netgear wndr4500 firmwarebefore 1.0.0.58
Same product
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- CVE-2019-20730Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by SQL injection.39Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2019-20726Apr 16, 2020 · Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user.27Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2019-20735Apr 16, 2020 · Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a stack-based buffer overflow by an authenticated user.27Monitor
- Later →CVE-2019-20752Apr 16, 2020 · Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by stored XSS.19Monitor
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
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
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).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-20-242 · Apr 17, 2020(Netgear Router Zafiyeti)
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvd-primary
Root cause
User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-79 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;Fixed
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;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)
ATT&CK techniques
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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.