CVE-2018-21227: netgear d7800_firmware Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-21227 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Injection vulnerability in netgear d7800_firmware. EPSS estimates a 0.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 24-04-2020
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects D7800 before 1.0.1.34, R6400v2 before 1.0.2.34, R6700 before 1.0.1.30, R6900 before 1.0.1.30, R6900P before 1.0.0.62, R7000 before 1.0.9.12, R7000P before 1.0.0.62, R7500v2 before 1.0.3.26, R7800 before 1.0.2.42, R9000 before 1.0.3.10, WNDR4300v2 before 1.0.0.50, and WNDR4500v3 before 1.0.0.50.

• CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.