What is CVE-2018-21152?

CVE-2018-21152 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear D7800, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2020-04-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-21152?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

RCE in Netgear D7800

CVE-2018-21152

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects D7800 before 1.0.1.34, R7500v2 before 1.0.3.26, R7800 before 1.0.2.42, R8900 before 1.0.3.10, R9000 before 1.0.3.10, WNDR4300v2 before 1.0.0.54, and WNDR4500v3 before 1.0.0.54.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.009 (54.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Netgear D7800
Netgear D7800_firmware
Netgear R7500 — versions v2
Netgear R7500_firmware
Netgear R7800
Netgear R7800_firmware
Netgear R8900
Netgear R8900_firmware
Netgear R9000
Netgear R9000_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-21152?: CVE-2018-21152 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear D7800, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2020-04-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-21152?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.