CVE-2018-21131

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by unauthenticated firmware downgrade. This affects WAC505 before 5.0.0.17 and WAC510 before 5.0.0.17.

CVSS v3 9.1 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 6.4 MEDIUM

9.1^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://kb.netgear.com/000060244/Security-Advisory-for-Unauthenticated-Firmware-Downgrade-on-Some-Wireless-Access-Points-PSV-2018-0269	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wac505_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:netgear:wac505:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wac510_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:netgear:wac510:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-04-23 20:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:27

NVD link : CVE-2018-21131

Mitre link : CVE-2018-21131

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-21131

JSON object : View

Products Affected

netgear

wac510_firmware
wac505_firmware
wac505
wac510

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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