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high 8.6

CVE-2016-1525 in the critical feed json

Directory traversal vulnerability in data/config/image.do in NETGEAR Management System NMS300 1.5.0.11 and earlier allows remote authentica…

published 2016-02-13 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-2620

cvss
8.6
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
75.0%
EPSS 75.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in data/config/image.do in NETGEAR Management System NMS300 1.5.0.11 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the realName parameter.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/http/netgear_nms_rce)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

75.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/http/netgear_nms_rce NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management System 300 Arbitrary File Upload metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2016-02-04
  • EDB-39515 Netgear NMS300 ProSafe Network Management System - Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit) remote, 2016-03-01
  • EDB-39412 Netgear NMS300 ProSafe Network Management System - Multiple Vulnerabilities webapps, 2016-02-04

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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