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CVE-2016-10175

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 65.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-01-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The NETGEAR WNR2000v5 router leaks its serial number when performing a request to the /BRS_netgear_success.html URI. This serial number allows a user to obtain the administrator username and password, when used in combination with the CVE-2016-10176 vulnerability that allows resetting the answers to the password-recovery questions.

Affected products

• NETGEAR Wnr2000V5 Firmware: through 1.0.0.34

References

• http://kb.netgear.com/000036549/Insecure-Remote-Access-and-Command-Execution-Security-Vulnerability
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/72
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95867
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/netgear-wnr2000.txt
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40949/
• http://kb.netgear.com/000036549/Insecure-Remote-Access-and-Command-Execution-Security-Vulnerability
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/72
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95867
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/netgear-wnr2000.txt
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40949/

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