An exploitable firmware modification vulnerability was discovered on the Netgear XWN5001 Powerline 500 WiFi Access Point. An attacker can conduct a MITM (Man-in-the-Middle) attack to modify the user-uploaded firmware image and bypass the CRC check, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service (DoS). This affects v0.4.1.1 and earlier.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-49229 An exploitable firmware modification vulnerability was discovered on the Netgear XWN5001 Powerline 500 WiFi Access Point. An attacker can conduct a MITM (Man-in-the-Middle) attack to modify the user-uploaded firmware image and bypass the CRC check, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service (DoS). This affects v0.4.1.1 and earlier.
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Wed, 16 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-16T18:17:37.184Z

Reserved: 2022-12-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-46424

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:31:46.349Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-20T20:15:10.630

Modified: 2025-04-16T19:15:48.390

Link: CVE-2022-46424

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