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CVE-2017-18796

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18796 describes a command injection vulnerability impacting several NETGEAR router models, including the R6400, R6700, R6900, R7000, R7000P, R6900P, and R7800, specifically in versions prior to their respective patches. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this flaw allows an attacker with high privileges to execute arbitrary commands on the device, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.1.24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6400_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.1.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6700_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.1.28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6900_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.9.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.1.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7000p_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
43.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0056 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

kb.netgear.com / 000049366/Security-Advisory-for-Command-Injection-Vulnerability-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2016-0106
Vendor Advisory