What is CVE-2025-52081?

CVE-2025-52081 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear Xr300, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-07-15.

How severe is CVE-2025-52081?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Netgear Xr300

CVE-2025-52081

In Netgear XR300 V1.0.3.38_10.3.30, a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the HTTPD service through the usb_device.cgi endpoint. The vulnerability occurs when processing POST requests containing the usb_folder parameter.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (21.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Netgear Xr300
Netgear Xr300_firmware — versions 1.0.3.38
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-52081?: CVE-2025-52081 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netgear Xr300, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-07-15.
How severe is CVE-2025-52081?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.