CVE-2017-18709 describes a critical vulnerability in specific NETGEAR R8300 and R8500 router firmware versions prior to 1.0.2.94, stemming from incorrect security settings. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability allows a local attacker with low privileges to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.2.94CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r8300_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.2.94CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r8500_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.