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

CVE-2017-18796

Medium
6.7/10

Summary

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection. This affects R6400 before 1.0.1.24, R6700 before 1.0.1.26, R6900 before 1.0.1.28, R7000 before 1.0.9.10, R7000P before 1.0.1.16, R6900P before 1.0.1.16, and R7800 before 1.0.2.36.

  • 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