What is CVE-2019-20489?

CVE-2019-20489 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Netgear Wnr1000, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-02.

How severe is CVE-2019-20489?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Netgear Wnr1000

CVE-2019-20489

An issue was discovered on NETGEAR WNR1000V4 1.1.0.54 devices. The web management interface (setup.cgi) has an authentication bypass and other problems that ultimately allow an attacker to remotely compromise the device from a malicious we…

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.013 (66.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Netgear Wnr1000 — versions 4
Netgear Wnr1000_firmware — versions 1.1.0.54
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-20489?: CVE-2019-20489 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Netgear Wnr1000, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-02.
How severe is CVE-2019-20489?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.