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NETGEAR DGN setup.cgi OS Command Execution

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severity
critical
date
Affecting
  • DGN1000 < 1.1.00.48

CVE type
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSS
9.8
Credit
Roberto Paleari
Description
NETGEAR DGN1000 before 1.1.00.48 is vulnerable to an authentication bypass vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary operating system commands as root by sending crafted HTTP requests to the setup.cgi endpoint. This vulnerability has been observed to be exploited in the wild since at least 2017 and specifically by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2025-02-06 UTC.

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