What is CVE-2020-13245?

CVE-2020-13245 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR R6120, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2020-05-28.

How severe is CVE-2020-13245?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in NETGEAR R6120

CVE-2020-13245

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by Missing SSL Certificate Validation. This affects R7000 1.0.9.6_1.2.19 through 1.0.11.100_10.2.10, and possibly R6120, R7800, R6220, R8000, R6350, R9000, R6400, RAX120, R6400v2, RBR20, R6800, XR300, R6850, XR500, and R7000P.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

Published 2020-05-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 40.8% 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-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

www.netgear.com/about/security/ (Vendor Advisory)
iot-lab-fh-ooe.github.io/netgear_update_vulnerability/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-13245?: CVE-2020-13245 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR R6120, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2020-05-28.
How severe is CVE-2020-13245?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.