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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CVE-2021-45618

High
9.6/10

Summary

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects D7800 before 1.0.1.64, EX6200v2 before 1.0.1.86, EX6250 before 1.0.0.134, EX7700 before 1.0.0.216, EX8000 before 1.0.1.232, LBR20 before 2.6.3.50, R7800 before 1.0.2.80, R8900 before 1.0.5.26, R9000 before 1.0.5.26, RAX120 before 1.2.0.16, RBS50Y before 1.0.0.56, WNR2000v5 before 1.0.0.76, XR450 before 2.3.2.114, XR500 before 2.3.2.114, XR700 before 1.0.1.36, EX6150v2 before 1.0.1.98, EX7300 before 1.0.2.158, EX7320 before 1.0.0.134, EX6100v2 before 1.0.1.98, EX6400 before 1.0.2.158, EX7300v2 before 1.0.0.134, EX6410 before 1.0.0.134, RBR10 before 2.6.1.44, RBR20 before 2.6.2.104, RBR40 before 2.6.2.104, RBR50 before 2.7.2.102, EX6420 before 1.0.0.134, RBS10 before 2.6.1.44, RBS20 before 2.6.2.104, RBS40 before 2.6.2.104, RBS50 before 2.7.2.102, EX6400v2 before 1.0.0.134, RBK12 before 2.6.1.44, RBK20 before 2.6.2.104, RBK40 before 2.6.2.104, and RBK50 before 2.7.2.102.

  • LOW
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • CHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-77 - Command Injection

A command injection attack involves injecting an operating system command through the data input, which gets executed on the host operating system with the privileges of the victimized application. The impact of a command injection attack may range from loss of data confidentiality and integrity to unauthorized remote access to the hosting system. The attack may cause serious data breaches and system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published