RCE in NETGEAR D6400

CVE-2018-21162

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects D6400 before 1.0.0.78, EX6200 before 1.0.3.86, EX7000 before 1.0.0.64, R6250 before 1.0.4.8, R6300v2 before 1.0.4.6, R6400 before 1.0.1.12, R6700 before 1.0.1.16, R7000 before 1.0.7.10, R7100LG before 1.0.0.42, R7300DST before 1.0.0.44, R7900 before 1.0.1.12, R8000 before 1.0.3.36, R8300 before 1.0.2.74, R8500 before 1.0.2.74, WNDR3400v3 before 1.0.1.14, and WNR3500Lv2 before 1.2.0.48.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.034 (88.5th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-21162: held from 0.034 to 0.034.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-21162?
CVE-2018-21162 is a critical-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR D6400, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-21162?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.