What is CVE-2021-45553?

CVE-2021-45553 is a high-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR R6900p, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2021-12-26.

How severe is CVE-2021-45553?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.

RCE in NETGEAR R6900p

CVE-2021-45553

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects R7000 before 1.0.11.126, R6900P before 1.3.2.126, and R7000P before 1.3.2.126.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.010 (58.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Netgear R6900p
Netgear R6900p_firmware
Netgear R7000
Netgear R7000_firmware
Netgear R7000p
Netgear R7000p_firmware
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-45553?: CVE-2021-45553 is a high-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR R6900p, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2021-12-26.
How severe is CVE-2021-45553?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.