CVE-2018-21152 Command injection in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary commands on vulnerable NETGEAR routers via command injection flaws.

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-2018-21152?

CVE-2018-21152 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Netgear D7800 Firmware, published on 27 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 authenticated user. This affects D7800 before 1.0.1.34, R7500v2 before 1.0.3.26, R7800 before 1.0.2.42, R8900 before 1.0.3.10, R9000 before 1.0.3.10, WNDR4300v2 before 1.0.0.54, and WNDR4500v3 before 1.0.0.54.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-21152?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Netgear D7800 Firmware, Netgear R7500 Firmware, Netgear R7800 Firmware, Netgear R8900 Firmware, Netgear R9000 Firmware, Netgear Wndr4300 Firmware and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-21152?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-21152 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-2018-21152 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-21152 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Netgear D7800 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9mgf-4p75-63g2.

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