What is CVE-2021-45542?

CVE-2021-45542 is a high-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR Rax200, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2021-12-26.

How severe is CVE-2021-45542?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

RCE in NETGEAR Rax200

CVE-2021-45542

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects RAX200 before 1.0.4.120, RAX75 before 1.0.4.120, RAX80 before 1.0.4.120, RBK852 before 3.2.17.12, RBR850 before 3.2.17.12, and RBS850 before 3.2.17.12.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.006 (46.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Netgear Rax200
Netgear Rax200_firmware
Netgear Rax75
Netgear Rax75_firmware
Netgear Rax80
Netgear Rax80_firmware
Netgear Rbk852
Netgear Rbk852_firmware
Netgear Rbr850
Netgear Rbr850_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-45542?: CVE-2021-45542 is a high-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR Rax200, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2021-12-26.
How severe is CVE-2021-45542?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.