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CVE-2016-1555: NETGEAR Multiple WAP Devices Command Injection Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2016-1555
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Multiple NETGEAR Wireless Access Point devices allows unauthenticated web pages to pass form input directly to the command-line interface. Exploitation allows for arbitrary code execution.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: NETGEARRemote code execution
What
Multiple NETGEAR Wireless Access Point devices allow unauthenticated web pages to pass form input directly to the command-line interface, enabling arbitrary code execution.
Who is affected
Users of affected NETGEAR Wireless Access Point devices are at risk.
Urgency
Immediate action is required as the vulnerability is actively exploited and rated critical.
Action
Update to the latest firmware version from NETGEAR.

AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.

Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2022-03-25
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1555

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2016-1555coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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