What is CVE-2018-21226?

CVE-2018-21226 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Jnr1010, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-28.

How severe is CVE-2018-21226?

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

Privilege escalation in Netgear Jnr1010

CVE-2018-21226

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by authentication bypass. This affects JNR1010v2 before 1.1.0.48, JWNR2010v5 before 1.1.0.48, WNR1000v4 before 1.1.0.48, WNR2020 before 1.1.0.48, and WNR2050 before 1.1.0.48.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.007 (47.4th 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 Jnr1010 — versions v2
Netgear Jnr1010_firmware
Netgear Jwnr2010 — versions v5
Netgear Jwnr2010_firmware
Netgear Wnr1000 — versions v4
Netgear Wnr1000_firmware
Netgear Wnr2020
Netgear Wnr2020_firmware
Netgear Wnr2050
Netgear Wnr2050_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-21226?: CVE-2018-21226 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Jnr1010, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-28.
How severe is CVE-2018-21226?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.