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CVE-2021-45619

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-45619 describes a critical command injection vulnerability affecting numerous NETGEAR devices, including various EX, LBR, R, RBK, RBS, RAX, and WNR series models. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary commands on the device. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.0.134CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:ex6250_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.0.216CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:ex7700_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.1.232CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:ex8000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.6.3.58CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:lbr1020_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.6.3.50CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:lbr20_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
2.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0249 is in the 73rd 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 / 000064492/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Command-Injection-on-Some-Routers-Extenders-and-WiFi-Systems-PSV-2020-0435
Vendor Advisory