What is CVE-2024-52018?

CVE-2024-52018 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Xr300, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2024-11-05.

How severe is CVE-2024-52018?

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

Is CVE-2024-52018 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Netgear Xr300

CVE-2024-52018

Netgear XR300 v1.0.3.78 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability in the system_name parameter at genie_dyn.cgi. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via a crafted request.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.016 (73.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Netgear Xr300
Netgear Xr300_firmware — versions 1.0.3.78
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-52018?: CVE-2024-52018 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Xr300, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2024-11-05.
How severe is CVE-2024-52018?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-52018 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.