CVE-2017-18852 describes a critical Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) and authentication bypass vulnerability affecting several NETGEAR router models, specifically the R7300DST, R8300, R8500, and WNDR3400v3, before specific firmware versions. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.0.54CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7300dst_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.2.100_1.0.82CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r8300_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.2.100_1.0.82CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r8500_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.1.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wndr3400_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
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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.