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

CVE-2018-21113

High
8.8/10

Summary

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects D6100 before 1.0.0.58, D7800 before 1.0.1.42, R6100 before 1.0.1.28, R7500 before 1.0.0.130, R7500v2 before 1.0.3.36, R7800 before 1.0.2.52, R8900 before 1.0.4.12, R9000 before 1.0.4.12, WNDR3700v4 before 1.0.2.102, WNDR4300 before 1.0.2.104, WNDR4300v2 before 1.0.0.56, and WNDR4500v3 before 1.0.0.56.

  • LOW
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • 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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  • Published