CVE-2017-18848 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting several NETGEAR router models, including the R6300v2, AC1450, R7300, and R8500, in specific firmware versions. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary actions on an affected device if a logged-in user is tricked into clicking a malicious link, leading to potential complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.0.36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6300_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.0.36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:ac1450_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.0.54CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7300_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.2.94CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r8500_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.