CVE-2022-27946

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 admin_account.cgi.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://github.com/donothingme/VUL/blob/main/vul3/3.md

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0135

EPSS Percentile 80.3%

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