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CVE-2016-1555

NETGEAR Multiple WAP Devices Command Injection Vulnerability

NETGEAR Wireless Access Point (WAP) DevicesNetwork & edge
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CVSS
9.8Critical
ExploitationExploited in the wildAdded to KEV 25 Mar 2022CISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)98.3%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 99.9% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed inNone listedNo source names a fixed version yet
Federal deadline15 Apr 2022Remediation due date for US federal agenciesCISA KEV
CISA required actionApply updates per vendor instructions. CISA KEV

What fixes it

No source in this snapshot names a fixed version.

Timeline

  1. 25 Feb 2016Exploit code publicMetasploit
  2. 21 Apr 2017, 15:00 UTCPublishedCVE List
  3. 25 Mar 2022Added to CISA KEVCISA KEV

Public exploit code and templates 4

  • Exploit moduleNetgear Devices Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution 25 Feb 2016Metasploit
  • Remote exploitNetgear Devices - (Unauthenticated) Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) 27 Nov 2018Exploit-DB
  • Remote exploitNetgear Devices - (Unauthenticated) Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) 27 Nov 2018Exploit-DB
  • Scanner templateNETGEAR WNAP320 Access Point Firmware - Remote Command InjectionNuclei

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Description

Multiple NETGEAR Wireless Access Point devices allows unauthenticated web pages to pass form input directly to the command-line interface. Exploitation allows for arbitrary code execution.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 1

  • n/aaffected: n/aCVE List

References 4