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CVE-2017-18799

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18799 describes an incorrect security configuration vulnerability affecting multiple NETGEAR router models, including the R6200v2, R7000, and R8500, among others, across various firmware versions. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high integrity impact without requiring user interaction. 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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.3.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6250_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6300_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.1.1.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6700_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.7.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0098 is in the 34th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 / 000049357/Security-Advisory-for-Security-Misconfiguration-Vulnerability-on-D8500-and-Some-Routers-PSV-2017-0528
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