Vulnerability in Netgear Nighthawk X10-R9000
CVE-2019-12510
In NETGEAR Nighthawk X10-R900 prior to 1.0.4.26, an attacker may bypass all authentication checks on the device's "NETGEAR Genie" SOAP API ("/soap/server_sa") by supplying a malicious X-Forwarded-For header of the device's LAN IP address (192.168.1.1) in every request. As a result, an attacker may modify almost all of the device's settings and view various configuration settings.
EPSS: 0.007 (50.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
- Netgear Nighthawk_x10-r9000
- Netgear Nighthawk_x10-r9000_firmware
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-12510?
- CVE-2019-12510 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Netgear Nighthawk X10-R9000, classified under Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2020-02-24.
- How severe is CVE-2019-12510?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.