CVE-2018-21225 describes a command injection vulnerability in various NETGEAR devices, including models like the D7000, R7000, and R8500, affecting specific firmware versions. This flaw allows an authenticated user to execute arbitrary commands on the device. With a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium), the vulnerability requires high privileges (PR:H) but can be exploited over the network (AV:A) with low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (C:H/I:H/A:H). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.1.34CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d7800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.1.60CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d7000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.3.39CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d8500_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.1.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6700_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.2.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6700_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.