What is CVE-2022-27946?

CVE-2022-27946 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear R8500, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-03-26.

How severe is CVE-2022-27946?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Netgear R8500

CVE-2022-27946

NETGEAR R8500 1.0.2.158 devices allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands (such as telnetd) via shell metacharacters in the sysNewPasswd and sysConfirmPasswd parameters to admin_account.cgi.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.032 (86.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Netgear R8500
Netgear R8500_firmware — versions 1.0.2.158
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-27946?: CVE-2022-27946 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear R8500, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-03-26.
How severe is CVE-2022-27946?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.