CVE-2024-12847

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: January 10, 2025 Modified: December 19, 2025

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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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Jun/8
Source: disclosure@vulncheck.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://vulncheck.com/advisories/netgear-dgn
Source: disclosure@vulncheck.com
Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25978
Source: disclosure@vulncheck.com
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43055
Source: disclosure@vulncheck.com
Exploit VDB Entry

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
67.1%
98th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

netgear