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 passw…

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.017 (73.7th 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.