What is CVE-2018-21126?

CVE-2018-21126 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Wac505, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-22.

How severe is CVE-2018-21126?

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

RCE in Netgear Wac505

CVE-2018-21126

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects WAC505 before 5.0.0.17 and WAC510 before 5.0.0.17.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.015 (71.2th 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 Wac505
Netgear Wac505_firmware
Netgear Wac510
Netgear Wac510_firmware
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-21126?: CVE-2018-21126 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Wac505, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-21126?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.