What is CVE-2019-20651?

CVE-2019-20651 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR Wac505, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2020-04-15.

How severe is CVE-2019-20651?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

RCE in NETGEAR Wac505

CVE-2019-20651

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects WAC505 before 8.2.1.16 and WAC510 before 8.2.1.16.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2020-04-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (49.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

kb.netgear.com/000061491/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Command-Inje… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-20651?: CVE-2019-20651 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR Wac505, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2020-04-15.
How severe is CVE-2019-20651?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.