CVE-2013-4775 describes an information disclosure vulnerability affecting several NETGEAR ProSafe switch models with specific firmware versions. Remote attackers can exploit this flaw by directly requesting the filesystem/startup-config URL, allowing them to read encrypted administrator credentials and other sensitive startup configurations. This vulnerability has a high severity CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete confidentiality impact. While not actively exploited in the wild, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.3.0.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:prosafe_firmware:5.3.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:prosafe_gs725ts:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:prosafe_gs728tps:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:prosafe_gs728ts:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:prosafe_gs752tps:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
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