CVE-2017-18858 — Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command execution

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command execution. This affects M4200-10MG-POE+ 12.0.2.11 and earlier, M4300-28G 12.0.2.11 and earlier, M4300-52G 12.0.2.11 and earlier, M4300-28G-POE+ 12.0.2.11 and earlier, M4300-52G-POE+ 12.0.2.11 and earlier, M4300-8X8F 12.0.2.11 and ea

01What is this vulnerability?

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command execution. This affects M4200-10MG-POE+ 12.0.2.11 and earlier, M4300-28G 12.0.2.11 and earlier, M4300-52G 12.0.2.11 and earlier, M4300-28G-POE+ 12.0.2.11 and earlier, M4300-52G-POE+ 12.0.2.11 and earlier, M4300-8X8F 12.0.2.11 and earlier, M4300-12X12F 12.0.2.11 and earlier, M4300-24X24F 12.0.2.11 and earlier, M4300-24X 12.0.2.11 and earlier, and…

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: 2020-04-28T16:43:19.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T21:37:44.296Z

09References

• kb.netgear.com — https://kb.netgear.com/000038655/Security-Advisory-for-Unauthenticated-Remote-Co…