What is CVE-2018-21132?

CVE-2018-21132 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Netgear Wac505, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-23.

How severe is CVE-2018-21132?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Netgear Wac505

CVE-2018-21132

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by authentication bypass. This affects WAC505 before 5.0.0.17 and WAC510 before 5.0.0.17.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.017 (74.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-21132?: CVE-2018-21132 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Netgear Wac505, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-21132?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.