CVE-2015-8289

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-06-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The password-recovery feature on NETGEAR D3600 devices with firmware 1.0.0.49 and D6000 devices with firmware 1.0.0.49 and earlier allows remote attackers to discover the cleartext administrator password by reading the cgi-bin/passrec.asp HTML source code.

Affected products

NETGEAR D3600 Firmware: 1.0.0.49
NETGEAR D6000 Firmware: through 1.0.0.49

References

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/30490
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/778696
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/30490
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/778696

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