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CVE-2017-18834

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18834 describes a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability impacting several NETGEAR M4300 and M4200 series switch models running firmware versions prior to 12.0.2.15. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to trigger, and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE. The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-79, indicating improper neutralization of input during web page generation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 12.0.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:m4300-28g_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 12.0.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:m4300-52g_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 12.0.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:m4300-28g-poe\+_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 12.0.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:m4300-52g-poe\+_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 12.0.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:m4300-8x8f_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0051 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 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 / 000049028/Security-Advisory-for-Reflected-Cross-Site-Scripting-on-Some-Fully-Managed-Switches-PSV-2017-1956
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