Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user.

published 2020-04-16 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-11257

cvss: 6.8; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 58%
public exploits: 0; none known

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects D6220 before 1.0.0.48, D6400 before 1.0.0.82, D7000v2 before 1.0.0.52, D8500 before 1.0.3.43, R6250 before 1.0.4.34, R6400 before 1.0.1.44, R6400v2 before 1.0.2.62, R7100LG before 1.0.0.48, R7300DST before 1.0.0.68, R7900 before 1.0.3.8, R7900P before 1.4.1.30, R8000 before 1.0.4.28, R8000P before 1.4.1.30, R8300 before 1.0.2.128, and R8500 before 1.0.2.128.

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Exploit prediction

0.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	6.8	CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:N
NVD	3.1	6.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.0	6.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	5.2	AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

kb.netgear.com /000061210/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Command-Injection-on-Some-Routers-and-Gateways-PSV-2018-0
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-20718
NVD CVE-2019-20718

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