CVE-2017-18843 describes a critical vulnerability in specific NETGEAR R6700v2, R6800, and D7000 router models, allowing for the disclosure of administrative credentials. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this local vulnerability (AV:L) could lead to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H) if an attacker gains local access to the device. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.1.0.38CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6700_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.1.0.38CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.1.50CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d7000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.