CVE-2025-12943 is a critical vulnerability affecting NETGEAR RAX30 and RAXE300 routers, stemming from improper certificate validation in their firmware update logic. This flaw allows attackers capable of intercepting and tampering with network traffic to execute arbitrary commands on the device. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), the vulnerability requires adjacent network access and high attack complexity, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.14.108CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rax30_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.9.82CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:raxe300_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.