What is CVE-2017-18733?

CVE-2017-18733 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear D6220, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-18733?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Netgear D6220

CVE-2017-18733

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by authentication bypass. This affects D6220 before 1.0.0.28, D6400 before 1.0.0.60, D8500 before 1.0.3.29, R6250 before 1.0.4.8, R6400 before 1.0.1.22, R6400v2 before 1.0.2.32, R7100LG before 1.0.0.32…

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.006 (44.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Netgear D6220
Netgear D6220_firmware
Netgear D6400
Netgear D6400_firmware
Netgear D8500
Netgear D8500_firmware
Netgear R6250
Netgear R6250_firmware
Netgear R6400 — versions v2
Netgear R6400_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18733?: CVE-2017-18733 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear D6220, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-18733?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.