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CVE-2017-18701

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-04-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by reflected XSS. This affects R6700 before 1.0.1.36 and R6900 before 1.0.1.34.

Affected products

• NETGEAR R6700: before 1.0.1.36 — fixed in 1.0.1.36
• NETGEAR R6900 Firmware: before 1.0.1.34 — fixed in 1.0.1.34

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NETGEAR R6700 1.0.1.36; NETGEAR R6900 Firmware 1.0.1.34. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://kb.netgear.com/000053201/Security-Advisory-for-Reflected-Cross-Site-Scripting-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2017-2513
• https://kb.netgear.com/000053201/Security-Advisory-for-Reflected-Cross-Site-Scripting-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2017-2513

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