CVE-2020-35228 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the administration web panel of NETGEAR JGS516PE and GS116Ev2 switches running firmware version 2.6.0.43. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) allows authenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the 'language' parameter, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating a degree of awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6.0.43CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gs116e_firmware:2.6.0.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.0.43CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:jgs516pe_firmware:2.6.0.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.