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CVE-2021-45658

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-45658 describes a critical server-side injection vulnerability affecting numerous NETGEAR devices, including various routers and extenders, before specific firmware versions. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring no user interaction. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the high severity warrants immediate patching of all affected devices.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.1.58CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:d7800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.0.66CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:dm200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.1.56CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:ex2700_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.1.86CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:ex6150v2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.1.86CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:ex6100v2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0082 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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 / 000064062/Security-Advisory-for-Server-Side-Injection-on-Some-Routers-Extenders-and-WiFi-Systems-PSV-2019-0125
PatchVendor Advisory