Vulnerability · Published Jan 25, 2022 · Assigned by zdi

CVE-2021-34870

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authentication in XR1000 from NETGEAR. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of NETGEAR XR1000 1.0.0.52_1.0.38 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the processing of SOAP messages. The issue results from a lack of authentication required for a privileged request. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose stored credentials, leading to further compromise. Was ZDI-CAN-13325.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
NETGEAR	XR1000	1.0.0.52_1.0.38

Weakness: CWE-306 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1058/ x_refsource_MISC
https://kb.netgear.com/000063967/Security-Advisory-for-a-Security-Misconfiguration-Vulnerability-on-the-XR1000-PSV-2021-0101 x_refsource_MISC