Critical severity · published Mar 2, 2020
CVE-2019-20488
An issue was discovered on NETGEAR WNR1000V4 1.1.0.54 devices
9.8
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered on NETGEAR WNR1000V4 1.1.0.54 devices. Multiple actions within the web management interface (setup.cgi) are vulnerable to command injection, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by shell metacharacters in the sysDNSHost parameter.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WF
Wnr1000 Firmware · Netgear
1.1.0.54 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20488
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-20488
Exploit
https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/about-us/newsroom-and-events/blog/2019/august/the-netgear-wnr1000v4-round-2/
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