Critical Netgear Vulnerabilities Allow Hackers to Execute Remote Code
gbhackersNetgear has addressed critical security vulnerabilities in several of its popular router models that could allow hackers to execute remote code without authentication.
If not resolved promptly, these vulnerabilities pose a significant risk to affected devices, potentially enabling malicious actors to compromise networks.
Critical Security Threat
The vulnerability, rated as Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8, is classified as an unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) flaw.
Attackers exploiting this flaw can remotely execute arbitrary code on vulnerable devices, potentially gaining control over the router and access to sensitive network resources.
The impact of this vulnerability emphasizes the importance of keeping your Netgear device firmware up to date. The affected router models and their fixed firmware versions are:
- XR1000 – Fixed in firmware version 1.0.0.74
- XR1000v2 – Fixed in firmware version 1.1.0.22
- XR500 – Fixed in firmware version 2.3.2.134
Netgear has strongly recommended ...
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