CVE-2016-6277

HIGH(8.8)KEVLikely Exploited

NETGEAR Multiple Routers Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Description

NETGEAR R6250 before 1.0.4.6.Beta, R6400 before 1.0.1.18.Beta, R6700 before 1.0.1.14.Beta, R6900, R7000 before 1.0.7.6.Beta, R7100LG before 1.0.0.28.Beta, R7300DST before 1.0.0.46.Beta, R7900 before 1.0.1.8.Beta, R8000 before 1.0.3.26.Beta, D6220, D6400, D7000, and possibly other routers allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the path info to cgi-bin/.

KEV Information

Vendor
NETGEAR
Product
Multiple Routers
Date Added
March 7, 2022
Due Date
September 7, 2022
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CVSS Score

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HOpen in Calculator
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9

CWEs

Affected Products

VendorProductVersion
netgeard6220 firmware<= 1.0.0.22
netgeard6400 firmware<= 1.0.0.56
netgearr6250 firmware<= 1.0.4.6_10.1.12
netgearr6400 firmware<= 1.0.1.18
netgearr6700 firmware<= 1.0.1.14
netgearr6900 firmware<= 1.0.1.14
netgearr7000 firmware<= 1.0.7.2_1.1.93
netgearr7100lg firmware<= 1.0.0.28
netgearr7300dst firmware<= 1.0.0.46
netgearr7900 firmware<= 1.0.1.8
netgearr8000 firmware<= 1.0.3.26

Multiple CVSS Assessments

Source: [email protected](Primary)
8.8
HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0(Secondary)
8.8
HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

CVSS Score

8.8
HIGH(8.8)

EPSS Score

EPSS Score99.78%
EPSS Percentile100.0%

Dates

PublishedDecember 14, 2016
Last ModifiedJune 17, 2026
StatusAnalyzed
CVSS Versionv3.1

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