CVE-2018-11106 — NETGEAR has released fixes for a pre-authentication command injection in request

NETGEAR has released fixes for a pre-authentication command injection in request_handler.php security vulnerability on the following product models: WC7500, running firmware versions prior to 6.5.3.5; WC7520, running firmware versions prior to 2.5.0.46; WC7600v1, running firmware

01What is this vulnerability?

NETGEAR has released fixes for a pre-authentication command injection in request_handler.php security vulnerability on the following product models: WC7500, running firmware versions prior to 6.5.3.5; WC7520, running firmware versions prior to 2.5.0.46; WC7600v1, running firmware versions prior to 6.5.3.5; WC7600v2, running firmware versions prior to 6.5.3.5; and WC9500, running firmware versions…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
NETGEAR	WC7500	firmware versions prior to 6.5.3.5
NETGEAR	WC7520	firmware versions prior to 2.5.0.46
NETGEAR	WC7600v1	firmware versions prior to 6.5.3.5
NETGEAR	WC7600v2	firmware versions prior to 6.5.3.5
NETGEAR	WC9500	firmware versions prior to 6.5.3.5

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: 2020-04-01T16:31:45.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T07:54:36.460Z

09References

• kb.netgear.com — https://kb.netgear.com/000058243/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Comman…