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CVE-2016-1525

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1525 is a directory traversal vulnerability in NETGEAR Management System NMS300 version 1.5.0.11 and earlier, allowing remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files. With a CVSS score of 8.6 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to high confidentiality impact. While not in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via Metasploit and ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netgear:prosafe_network_management_software_300:1.5.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.6HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
75.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management System 300 Arbitrary File Upload · Feb 4, 2016
ExploitDB: EDB-39515 · Mar 1, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7501 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

packetstormsecurity.com / files/135618/Netgear-Pro-NMS-300-Code-Execution-File-Download.html
packetstormsecurity.com / files/135999/NETGEAR-ProSafe-Network-Management-System-300-Arbitrary-File-Upload.html
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/30
exploit-db.com / exploits/39412
exploit-db.com / exploits/39515
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/777024
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
rapid7.com / db/modules/exploit/windows/http/netgear_nms_rce
securityfocus.com / archive/1/537446/100/0/threaded