CVE-2016-1555

unknown KEV

Published 2022-03-25 · Modified 2022-03-25

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.5

Description

Multiple NETGEAR Wireless Access Point devices allows unauthenticated web pages to pass form input directly to the command-line interface. Exploitation allows for arbitrary code execution.

CISA KEV

Vendor: NETGEAR
Product: Wireless Access Point (WAP) Devices
Due date: 2022-04-15

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

99%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-45909 remote hardware verified

Metasploit · 2018-11-27

Netgear Devices - (Unauthenticated) Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_linux/http/netgear_unauth_exec rank 600

Netgear Devices Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1555

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.