What is CVE-2019-20693?

CVE-2019-20693 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR Wac505, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-04-16.

How severe is CVE-2019-20693?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in NETGEAR Wac505

CVE-2019-20693

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings. This affects WAC505 before 8.0.6.4 and WAC510 before 8.0.6.4.

Published 2020-04-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (37.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 37.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

kb.netgear.com/000061236/Security-Advisory-for-Security-Misconfiguration-on-WAC… (Permissions Required)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-20693?: CVE-2019-20693 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR Wac505, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-04-16.
How severe is CVE-2019-20693?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.