XSS in NETGEAR Nighthawk X10-R9000
CVE-2019-12512
In NETGEAR Nighthawk X10-R900 prior to 1.0.4.24, an attacker may execute stored XSS attacks against this device by supplying a malicious X-Forwarded-For header while performing an incorrect login attempt. The value supplied by this header will be inserted into administrative logs, found at Advanced settings->Administration->Logs, and may trigger when the page is viewed. Although this value is inserted into a textarea tag, the attack simply needs to supply a closing textarea tag.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.010 (58.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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-2019-12512?
- CVE-2019-12512 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR Nighthawk X10-R9000, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-02-24.
- How severe is CVE-2019-12512?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.