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CVE-2021-45614

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-45614 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting numerous NETGEAR router and mesh WiFi devices, including models like the D7000v2, LAX20, and various RAX, RBK, and XR series, prior to specific firmware versions. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands remotely with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical CVSS score of 9.8, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.0.74CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d7000v2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.1.6.28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:lax20_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.6.116CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:mk62_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.6.116CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:mr60_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.6.116CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:ms60_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.6CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0202 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

kb.netgear.com / 000064141/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Command-Injection-on-Some-Routers-and-WiFi-Systems-PSV-2020-0520
Vendor Advisory