CVE-2018-21132 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by authentication bypass. This affects WAC505 before 5.0.0.17 and WAC510 before 5.0.0.17.

Published: 2020-04-23

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wac505_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:netgear:wac505:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wac510_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:netgear:wac510:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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No data available yet.

Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-13650	Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by authentication bypass. This affects WAC505 before 5.0.0.17 and WAC510 before 5.0.0.17.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01678.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://kb.netgear.com/000060228/Security-Advisory-for-Authentication-Bypass-on-Some-Wireless-Access-Points-PSV-2018-0299

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Netgear Wac505 Wac505 Firmware Wac510 Wac510 Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-04-23T19:41:16.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:19:27.642Z

Reserved: 2020-04-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-21132

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-04-23T20:15:12.837

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:54:12.053

Link: CVE-2018-21132

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-306
Missing Authentication for Critical Function

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