CVE-2009-2257

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-06-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The administrative web interface on the Netgear DG632 with firmware 3.4.0_ap allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a direct request to (1) gateway/commands/saveconfig.html, and (2) stattbl.htm, (3) modemmenu.htm, (4) onload.htm, (5) form.css, (6) utility.js, and possibly (7) indextop.htm in html/.

Affected products

NETGEAR Dg632: 3.4.0_ap

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1022404
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8963
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504312/100/0/threaded
http://www.tomneaves.co.uk/Netgear_DG632_Authentication_Bypass.txt
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022404
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8963
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504312/100/0/threaded
http://www.tomneaves.co.uk/Netgear_DG632_Authentication_Bypass.txt

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