What is CVE-2019-17372?

CVE-2019-17372 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Ac1450, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2019-10-09.

How severe is CVE-2019-17372?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-17372 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Netgear Ac1450

CVE-2019-17372

Certain NETGEAR devices allow remote attackers to disable all authentication requirements by visiting genieDisableLanChanged.cgi. The attacker can then, for example, visit MNU_accessPassword_recovered.html to obtain a valid new admin password. This affects AC1450, D8500, DC112A, JNDR3000, LG2200D, R4500, R6200, R6200V2, R6250, R6300, R6300v2, R6400, R6700, R6900P, R6900, R7000P, R7000, R7100LG, R7300, R7900, R8000, R8300, R8500, WGR614v10, WN2500RPv2, WNDR3400v2, WNDR3700v3, WNDR4000, WNDR4500, WNDR4500v2, WNR1000, WNR1000v3, WNR3500L, and WNR3500L.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.017 (74.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

Public proof-of-concept exploits

zer0yu/CVE_

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17372?: CVE-2019-17372 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Ac1450, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2019-10-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-17372?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-17372 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.