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CVE-2016-1557

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1557 is a critical vulnerability affecting Netgear WNAP320, WNDAP350, and WNDAP360 wireless access points running firmware versions prior to 3.5.5.0. This flaw allows for the disclosure of wireless passwords and administrative credentials via SNMP. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wnap320_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 3.0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wndap350_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 3.0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wndap360_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0284 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 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

packetstormsecurity.com / files/135956/D-Link-Netgear-FIRMADYNE-Command-Injection-Buffer-Overflow.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/112
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
kb.netgear.com / 30482/CVE-2016-1557-Notification
PatchVendor Advisory