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CVE-2018-21096

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-21096 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting multiple NETGEAR wireless access points and routers, including specific versions of WAC120, WAC505, WAC510, WNAP320, and others. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.4 (HIGH), indicating that an attacker with network access and low privileges could trick an authenticated user into performing unintended actions, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is significant, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or notable community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wac120_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 5.0.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wac505_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 5.0.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wac510_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 3.7.11.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wnap320_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 3.7.11.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wnap210_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.2MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.5
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 18 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.4 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 0.4 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 / 000060455/Security-Advisory-for-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery-on-Some-Wireless-Access-Points-PSV-2018-0096
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