CVE-2022-27945

HIGH

NETGEAR R8500 1.0.2.158 - Authenticated OS Command Injection via sysNewPasswd and sysConfirmPasswd Parameters

Title source: llm

Description

NETGEAR R8500 1.0.2.158 devices allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands (such as telnetd) via shell metacharacters in the sysNewPasswd and sysConfirmPasswd parameters to password.cgi.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://github.com/donothingme/VUL/blob/main/vul2/2.md

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0500

EPSS Percentile 89.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-78

Status published

Products (1)

netgear/r8500_firmware 1.0.2.158

Published Mar 26, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026