CVE-2018-11106 Command injection in WC7500

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Pre-authentication command injection in NETGEAR wireless controllers allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-11106?

CVE-2018-11106 is a critical command injection vulnerability in NETGEAR WC7500, published on 1 Apr 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

NETGEAR has released fixes for a pre-authentication command injection in request_handler.php security vulnerability on the following product models: WC7500, running firmware versions prior to 6.5.3.5; WC7520, running firmware versions prior to 2.5.0.46; WC7600v1, running firmware versions prior to 6.5.3.5; WC7600v2, running firmware versions prior to 6.5.3.5; and WC9500, running firmware versions prior to 6.5.3.5.

Weakness: CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11106?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Netgear Wc7500 Firmware, Netgear Wc7520 Firmware, Netgear Wc7600v1 Firmware, Netgear Wc7600v2 Firmware, Netgear Wc9500 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2018-11106?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11106 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-2018-11106 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11106 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-r3w7-g74j-gc9f.

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