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CVE-2016-5676

68
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5676 is a critical vulnerability affecting NUUO NVRmini 2, NVRsolo, and NETGEAR ReadyNAS Surveillance products, allowing remote attackers to reset the administrator password. This flaw, rated 7.5 HIGH on the CVSS scale, is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, enabling unauthorized password resets. While not on the CISA KEV catalog, exploit modules are publicly available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating a high potential for exploitation. The vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, underscoring its severity and the need for immediate patching.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netgear:readynas_surveillance:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netgear:readynas_surveillance:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netgear:readynas_surveillance:1.2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netgear:readynas_surveillance:1.3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.2.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netgear:readynas_surveillance:1.3.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
53.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: NUUO NVRmini 2 / NETGEAR ReadyNAS Surveillance Default Configuration Load and Administrator Password Reset · Aug 4, 2016
ExploitDB: EDB-40200 · Aug 5, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5372 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exploit-db.com / exploits/40200
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/856152
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/92318