CVE-2018-21164 Command injection in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published 23 Apr 2020 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary commands on NETGEAR 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-2018-21164?

CVE-2018-21164 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Netgear R6220 Firmware, published on 23 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 R6220 before 1.1.0.64 and WNDR3700v5 before 1.1.0.54.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-21164?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Netgear R6220 Firmware, Netgear Wndr3700 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2018-21164?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-21164 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-2018-21164 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-21164 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Netgear R6220 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x9hf-67xx-m36w.