What is CVE-2024-54802?

CVE-2024-54802 is a critical-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR Wnr854t, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-03-31.

How severe is CVE-2024-54802?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in NETGEAR Wnr854t

CVE-2024-54802

In Netgear WNR854T 1.5.2 (North America), the UPNP service (/usr/sbin/upnp) is vulnerable to stack-based buffer overflow in the M-SEARCH Host header.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2025-03-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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: 0.007 (50.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 50.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

NETGEAR Wnr854t
NETGEAR Wnr854t Firmware — versions 1.5.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

faultpoint.com/post/2025-03-25-8-cves-on-the-wnr854t-junkyard/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-54802?: CVE-2024-54802 is a critical-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR Wnr854t, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-03-31.
How severe is CVE-2024-54802?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.