CVE-2017-18756 describes a critical security misconfiguration affecting numerous NETGEAR router and extender models, including D6220, R7000, and WNDR4000, among others, prior to specific firmware versions. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating that it can be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker over the adjacent network with low complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (e.g., Metasploit, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.0.32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d6220_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.0.66CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d6400_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.3.35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d8500_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.0.94CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:dgn2200b_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.0.94CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:dgn2200_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:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.