CVE-2017-18804 Command injection in n/a
Attackers can execute arbitrary commands on NETGEAR R7800 and R9000 routers via command injection vulnerabilities.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-18804?
CVE-2017-18804 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Netgear R7800 Firmware, published on 21 Apr 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection. This affects R7800 before 1.0.2.16 and R9000 before 1.0.2.4.
Weakness: CWE-74
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18804?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Netgear R7800 Firmware, Netgear R9000 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-18804?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-18804 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2017-18804 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18804 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Netgear R7800 Firmware
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q4h3-8jhm-mq6c.