Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window
Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle
NVD description
An issue was discovered on NETGEAR R8500, R8300, R7000, R6400, R7300, R7100LG, R6300v2, WNDR3400v3, WNR3500Lv2, R6250, R6700, R6900, and R8000 devices. They are prone to password disclosure via simple crafted requests to the web management server. The bug is exploitable remotely if the remote management option is set, and can also be exploited given access to the router over LAN or WLAN. When trying to access the web panel, a user is asked to authenticate; if the authentication is canceled and password recovery is not enabled, the user is redirected to a page that exposes a password recovery token. If a user supplies the correct token to the page /passwordrecovered.cgi?id=TOKEN (and password recovery is not enabled), they will receive the admin password for the router. If password recovery is set the exploit will fail, as it will ask the user for the recovery questions that were previously set when enabling that feature. This is persistent (even after disabling the recovery option, the exploit will fail) because the router will ask for the security questions.
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Federal remediation due date: 2022-09-29. Apply updates per vendor instructions. If the affected device has since entered end-of-life, it should be disconnected if still in use.
Priority
LOW
Exploitation
ACTIVE
PoC
YES
Patch
AVAILABLE
Momentum
NONE
If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.
14 versions affected across 26 products
Target: NETGEAR R7000 CVE-2017-5521 vulnerable vs patched, both SHA-256 verified. Result: blocked. Interesting part — it wasn't a bug in the chain. It was a bug in the gate.
Post summary
The post notes that the NETGEAR R7000 is affected by CVE‑2017‑5521, references a patched version verified by SHA‑256, and reports the test was blocked, but it provides no further technical detail or evidence of exploitation.
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| Part | Vendor | Product | Version | Target SW | Target HW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HW | netgear | ac1450 | - | - | - |
| OS | netgear | ac1450_firmware | 1.0.0.34_10.0.16 | - | - |
| HW | netgear | d6220 | - | - | - |
| OS | netgear | d6220_firmware | 1.0.0.12 | - | - |
| HW | netgear | d6300 | - | - | - |
| OS | netgear | d6300_firmware | 1.0.0.96 | - | - |
| HW | netgear | d6300b | - | - | - |
| OS | netgear | d6300b_firmware | 1.0.0.40 | - | - |
| HW | netgear | d6400 | - | - | - |
| OS | netgear | d6400_firmware | 1.0.0.44 | - | - |
| HW | netgear | dgn2200bv4 | - | - | - |
| OS | netgear | dgn2200bv4_firmware | 1.0.0.68 | - | - |
| HW | netgear | r6200 | - | - | - |
| OS | netgear | r6200_firmware | 1.0.1.56_1.0.43 | - | - |
| HW | netgear | r6300 | - | - | - |
| OS | netgear | r6300_firmware | 1.0.2.78_1.0.58 | - | - |
| HW | netgear | vegn2610 | - | - | - |
| OS | netgear | vegn2610_firmware | 1.0.0.36 | - | - |
| HW | netgear | wndr3700v3 | - | - | - |
| OS | netgear | wndr3700v3_firmware | 1.0.0.40_1.0.32 | - | - |
| HW | netgear | wndr4000 | - | - | - |
| OS | netgear | wndr4000_firmware | 1.0.2.4_9.1.86 | - | - |
| HW | netgear | wndr4500 | - | - | - |
| OS | netgear | wndr4500_firmware | 1.0.1.44_1.0.73 | - | - |
| HW | netgear | wnr1000v3 | - | - | - |
| OS | netgear | wnr1000v3_firmware | 1.0.2.68_60.0.93 | - | - |