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CVE-2017-5521: NETGEAR Multiple Devices Exposure of Sensitive Information Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2017-5521
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 devices are prone to admin password disclosure via simple crafted requests to the web management server.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: NETGEARInformation disclosure
What
Multiple NETGEAR devices are prone to admin password disclosure via crafted requests to the web management server.
Who is affected
Users of affected NETGEAR devices with web management enabled.
Urgency
Immediate action is required due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action
Update affected NETGEAR devices to the latest firmware.

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

Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2022-09-08
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5521

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-2017-5521coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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