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Improper Authentication

CVE-2016-11057

High
7.5/10

Summary

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by mishandling of repeated URL calls. This affects JNR1010v2 before 2017-01-06, WNR614 before 2017-01-06, WNR618 before 2017-01-06, JWNR2000v5 before 2017-01-06, WNR2020 before 2017-01-06, JWNR2010v5 before 2017-01-06, WNR1000v4 before 2017-01-06, WNR2020v2 before 2017-01-06, R6220 before 2017-01-06, and WNDR3700v5 before 2017-01-06.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Improper (or broken) authentication attacks are widespread, and have accounted for many of the worst data breaches in recent years. Improper authentication attacks are a class of vulnerabilities where an attacker impersonates a legitimate user by exploiting weaknesses in either session management or credential management to gain access to the user’s account. This can result in disclosure of sensitive information, and can lead to system compromise, theft, identity theft, and fraud.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published