What is CVE-2015-8289?

CVE-2015-8289 is a high-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR D3600, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-06-20.

How severe is CVE-2015-8289?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in NETGEAR D3600

CVE-2015-8289

The password-recovery feature on NETGEAR D3600 devices with firmware 1.0.0.49 and D6000 devices with firmware 1.0.0.49 and earlier allows remote attackers to discover the cleartext administrator password by reading the cgi-bin/passrec.asp HTML source code.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.022 (81.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Netgear D3600
Netgear D3600_firmware — versions 1.0.0.49
Netgear D6000
Netgear D6000_firmware
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cret@cert.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cret@cert.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8289?: CVE-2015-8289 is a high-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR D3600, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-06-20.
How severe is CVE-2015-8289?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.