CVE-2018-21225 Command injection in n/a
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-2018-21225?
CVE-2018-21225 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Netgear D7000 Firmware, published on 28 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 D7000 before 1.0.1.60, D7800 before 1.0.1.34, D8500 before 1.0.3.39, R6700 before 1.0.1.30, R6700v2 before 1.2.0.16, R6800 before 1.2.0.16, R6900 before 1.0.1.30, R6900P before 1.2.0.22, R6900v2 before 1.2.0.16, R7000 before 1.0.9.12, R7000P before 1.2.0.22, R7500v2 before 1.0.3.20, R7800 before 1.0.2.44, R8300 before 1.0.2.106, R8500 before 1.0.2.106, and R9000 before 1.0.2.52.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-21225?
It affects 14 products.
Products include Netgear D7000 Firmware, Netgear D7800 Firmware, Netgear D8500 Firmware, Netgear R6700 Firmware, Netgear R6800 Firmware, Netgear R6900 Firmware and 8 more.
How do I fix CVE-2018-21225?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-21225 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-2018-21225 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-21225 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Netgear D7000 Firmware
Sources
Also known as GHSA-98h9-j45j-465x.