01 Record
CVE-2017-5521
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
HighKEVPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base score8.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-09-08. Federal remediation due 2022-09-29.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 89.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-01-17 09:22Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-10-21 23:55Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-01-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3e6cd574ac8db4380ec57f3195e2a792481891efe2f5d1e2a0a9ddf90c8e84d2
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.exploit-db.com41205https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41205/
- kb.netgear.comhttp://kb.netgear.com/30632/Web-GUI-Password-Recovery-and-Exposure-Security-Vulnerability
- www.securityfocus.com95457http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95457
- www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-5521