Vulnerability · Published Mar 26, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-27946

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.2% (higher than 88% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)3.2%top 11.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

NETGEAR R8500 1.0.2.158 devices allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands (such as telnetd) via shell metacharacters in the sysNewPasswd and sysConfirmPasswd parameters to admin_account.cgi.

Affected products (as reported)

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References