CVE-2017-18712 describes an arbitrary file read vulnerability affecting several NETGEAR router models, including the D7800, R6100, R7500, R7500v2, R7800, R9000, WNDR4300v2, and WNDR4500v3, requiring specific firmware versions or earlier. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) has an adjacent attack vector, low attack complexity, and allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve high confidentiality impact by reading sensitive files, without affecting integrity or availability. There is currently 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.2.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.2.52CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r9000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.0.118CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7500_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.0.48CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wndr4300_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.0.48CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wndr4500_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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