CVE-2025-12946

HIGH

NETGEAR Nighthawk <1.0.7.82 - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

A vulnerability in the speedtest feature of affected NETGEAR Nighthawk routers, caused by improper input validation, can allow attackers on the router's WAN side, using attacker-in-the-middle techniques (MiTM) to manipulate DNS responses and execute commands when speedtests are run. This issue affects RS700: through 1.0.7.82; RAX54Sv2 : before V1.1.6.36; RAX41v2: before V1.1.6.36; RAX50: before V1.2.14.114; RAXE500: before V1.2.14.114; RAX41: before V1.0.17.142; RAX43: before V1.0.17.142; RAX35v2: before V1.0.17.142; RAXE450: before V1.2.14.114; RAX43v2: before V1.1.6.36; RAX42: before V1.0.17.142; RAX45: before V1.0.17.142; RAX50v2: before V1.1.6.36; MR90: before V1.0.2.46; MS90: before V1.0.2.46; RAX42v2: before V1.1.6.36; RAX49S: before V1.1.6.36.

References (18)

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 22.3%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-20
Status published

Affected Products (18)

netgear/rs700_firmware < 1.0.9.6
netgear/rax54sv2_firmware < 1.1.6.36
netgear/rax45v2_firmware < 1.1.6.36
netgear/rax41v2_firmware < 1.1.6.36
netgear/rax50_firmware < 1.2.14.114
netgear/raxe500_firmware < 1.2.14.114
netgear/rax41_firmware < 1.0.17.142
netgear/rax43_firmware < 1.0.17.142
netgear/rax35v2_firmware < 1.0.17.142
netgear/raxe450_firmware < 1.0.17.142
netgear/rax43v2_firmware < 1.1.6.36
netgear/rax42_firmware < 1.0.17.142
netgear/rax45_firmware < 1.0.17.142
netgear/rax50v2_firmware < 1.1.6.36
netgear/mr90_firmware < 1.0.2.46
... and 3 more

Timeline

Published Dec 09, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026