CVE-2018-21123 Command injection in n/a

High 8.8 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary commands on NETGEAR wireless controllers via command injection.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-21123?

CVE-2018-21123 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 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 by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects WC7500 before 6.5.3.9, WC7520 before 6.5.3.9, WC7600v1 before 6.5.3.9, and WC7600v2 before 6.5.3.9.

Weakness: CWE-74

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-21123?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Netgear Wc7500 Firmware, Netgear Wc7520 Firmware, Netgear Wc7600 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2018-21123?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-21123 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-2018-21123 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-21123 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jc85-96x7-c99v.

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