RCE in NETGEAR Dgn1000
CVE-2024-12847
NETGEAR DGN1000 before 1.1.00.48 is vulnerable to an authentication bypass vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary operating system commands as root by sending crafted HTTP requests to the setup.cgi endpoint. This vulnerability has been observed to be exploited in the wild since at least 2017 and specifically by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2025-02-06 UTC.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.299 (98.2th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.299 · newest: 0.299 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- NETGEAR Dgn1000 — versions 0
- NETGEAR Dgn1000 Firmware
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Jun/8 (technical-description, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25978 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43055 (Exploit, VDB Entry, exploit)
- vulncheck.com/advisories/netgear-dgn (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-12847?
- CVE-2024-12847 is a critical-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR Dgn1000, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-01-10.
- How severe is CVE-2024-12847?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-12847 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.