Description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by privilege escalation. This affects M4300-28G before 12.0.2.15, M4300-52G before 12.0.2.15, M4300-28G-POE+ before 12.0.2.15, M4300-52G-POE+ before 12.0.2.15, M4300-8X8F before 12.0.2.15, M4300-12X12F before 12.0.2.15, M4300-24X24F before 12.0.2.15, M4300-24X before 12.0.2.15, M4300-48X before 12.0.2.15, and M4200 before 12.0.2.15.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kb.netgear.com/000049024/Security-Advisory-for-Vertical-Privilege-Escalation-on-Some-Fully-Managed-Switches-PSV-2017-1975
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
15.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-269
Status
published
Products (10)
netgear/m4200_firmware
< 12.0.2.15
netgear/m4300-12x12f_firmware
< 12.0.2.15
netgear/m4300-24x24f_firmware
< 12.0.2.15
netgear/m4300-24x_firmware
< 12.0.2.15
netgear/m4300-28g-poe\+_firmware
< 12.0.2.15
netgear/m4300-28g_firmware
< 12.0.2.15
netgear/m4300-48x_firmware
< 12.0.2.15
netgear/m4300-52g-poe\+_firmware
< 12.0.2.15
netgear/m4300-52g_firmware
< 12.0.2.15
netgear/m4300-8x8f_firmware
< 12.0.2.15
Published
Apr 20, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026