CVE-2009-2256

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-06-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The administrative web interface on the Netgear DG632 with firmware 3.4.0_ap allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (web outage) via an HTTP POST request to cgi-bin/firmwarecfg.

Affected products

NETGEAR Dg632: 3.4.0_ap

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1022403
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8964
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504341/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504345/100/0/threaded
http://www.tomneaves.co.uk/Netgear_DG632_Remote_DoS.txt
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022403
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8964
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504341/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504345/100/0/threaded
http://www.tomneaves.co.uk/Netgear_DG632_Remote_DoS.txt

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