What is CVE-2021-45543?

CVE-2021-45543 is a high-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR R7900p, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2021-12-26.

How severe is CVE-2021-45543?

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

RCE in NETGEAR R7900p

CVE-2021-45543

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects R8000 before 1.0.4.74, RAX200 before 1.0.4.120, R8000P before 1.4.2.84, R7900P before 1.4.2.84, RBR850 before 3.2.17.12, RBS850 before 3.2.17.12, and RBK852 before 3.2.17.12.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.006 (46.9th 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 R7900p
Netgear R7900p_firmware — versions 1.4.2.84
Netgear R8000
Netgear R8000_firmware
Netgear R8000p
Netgear R8000p_firmware
Netgear Rax200
Netgear Rax200_firmware
Netgear Rbk852
Netgear Rbk852_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-45543?: CVE-2021-45543 is a high-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR R7900p, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2021-12-26.
How severe is CVE-2021-45543?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.