CVE-2024-30572: netgear r6850_firmware Command Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-30572 is a high (CVSS 8.0) Command Injection vulnerability in netgear r6850_firmware. EPSS estimates a 1.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 03-04-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 13-03-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Netgear R6850 1.1.0.88 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability via the ntp_server parameter.

• CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component.