What is CVE-2024-50993?

CVE-2024-50993 is a high-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR R8500, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2024-11-05.

How severe is CVE-2024-50993?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.

RCE in NETGEAR R8500

CVE-2024-50993

Netgear R8500 v1.0.2.160 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability in the sysNewPasswd parameter at admin_account.cgi. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via a crafted request.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2024-11-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

NETGEAR R8500
NETGEAR R8500 Firmware — versions 1.0.2.160

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

www.netgear.com/about/security/ (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/wudipjq/my_vuln/blob/main/Netgear4/vuln_39/39.md (Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50993?: CVE-2024-50993 is a high-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR R8500, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2024-11-05.
How severe is CVE-2024-50993?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.