CVE-2017-18740 — Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security sett

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings. This affects D3600 before 1.0.0.61, D6000 before 1.0.0.61, D6100 before 1.0.0.55, D7800 before 1.0.1.28, R6100 before 1.0.1.16, R7500 before 1.0.0.112, R7500v2 before 1.0.3.20, R7800 before 1.0.

01What is this vulnerability?

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings. This affects D3600 before 1.0.0.61, D6000 before 1.0.0.61, D6100 before 1.0.0.55, D7800 before 1.0.1.28, R6100 before 1.0.1.16, R7500 before 1.0.0.112, R7500v2 before 1.0.3.20, R7800 before 1.0.2.36, R9000 before 1.0.2.40, WNDR3700v4 before 1.0.2.88, WNDR4300 before 1.0.2.90, WNDR4300v2 before 1.0.0.48…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-04-23T16:00:10.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T21:37:43.475Z

09References

• kb.netgear.com — https://kb.netgear.com/000051515/Security-Advisory-for-Security-Misconfiguration…