What is CVE-2018-21164?

CVE-2018-21164 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear R6220, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2020-04-23.

How severe is CVE-2018-21164?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

RCE in Netgear R6220

CVE-2018-21164

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects R6220 before 1.1.0.64 and WNDR3700v5 before 1.1.0.54.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.016 (73.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Netgear R6220
Netgear R6220_firmware
Netgear Wndr3700 — versions v5
Netgear Wndr3700_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-2018-21164?: CVE-2018-21164 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear R6220, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2020-04-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-21164?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.