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01 Record

CVE-2021-45623

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects R7800 before 1.0.2.74, R9000 before 1.0.5.2, and XR500 before 2.3.2.66.

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base score8.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:A/A:L/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N

02 Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects R7800 before 1.0.2.74, R9000 before 1.0.5.2, and XR500 before 2.3.2.66.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.68% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 76.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. 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
2021-12-26 00:34Z4 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 04:47Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-12-25
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 8.3)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:A/A:L/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')Class
Data version
5.1
Document digest
46fbab38d5052a61259a38b5068ff9f328cecab620e5109f02e6c78cffaba34e

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
netgearr7800Not specified—
netgearr7800_firmwareNot specified—
netgearr9000Not specified—
netgearr9000_firmwareNot specified—
netgearxr500Not specified—
netgearxr500_firmwareNot specified—

06 References