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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CVE-2017-18773

Severity Medium
Score 6.7/10

Summary

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects D6100 before V1.0.0.55, D7800 before V1.0.1.24, EX6150v2 before 1.0.0.48, R6100 before 1.0.1.14, R7500 before 1.0.0.110, R7500v2 before V1.0.3.16, R7800 before V1.0.2.36, WNDR4300v1 before 1.0.2.90, WNDR4300v2 before 1.0.0.48, WNDR4500v3 before 1.0.0.48, and WNR2000v5 before 1.0.0.48.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-74 - Injection

Listed as the number one web application security risk on the 'OWASP Top Ten', injection attacks are widespread and dangerous, especially in legacy applications. Injection attacks are a class of vulnerabilities in which an attacker injects untrusted data into a web application that gets processed by an interpreter, altering the program's execution. This can result in data loss/theft, loss of data integrity, denial of service, and even compromising the entire system.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published