High severity · published Aug 11, 2021
CVE-2021-38520
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user
7.2
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects R6400 before 1.0.1.52, R6400v2 before 1.0.4.84, R6700v3 before 1.0.4.84, R6700v2 before 1.2.0.62, R6900v2 before 1.2.0.62, and R7000P before 1.3.2.124.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RF
R6400 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.1.52; before 1.0.4.84 · source: NVD
RF
R6700 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.2.0.62; before 1.0.4.84 · source: NVD
RF
R6900 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.2.0.62 · source: NVD
RF
R7000p Firmware · Netgear
before 1.3.2.124 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38520
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38520
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000063763/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Command-Injection-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2018-0565
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