CVE-2017-18858 is a critical command execution vulnerability affecting multiple NETGEAR M4200 and M4300 series switches running firmware version 12.0.2.11 and earlier. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the affected devices remotely, without user interaction. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerability poses a significant risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered notable community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 12.0.2.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:m4200-10mg-poe\+_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 12.0.2.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:m4300-28g_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 12.0.2.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:m4300-52g_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 12.0.2.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:m4300-28g-poe\+_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 12.0.2.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:m4300-52g-poe\+_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
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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.